Run no 49

PB for my 6.5 miler tonight - coming home in 59.16, over a minute and a half quicker.

Great run, legs felt great and bouncy, breathing was easy, really happy.

Reckon it's down to one of 3 things.....

1. Had my socks pulled right over my calfs which gave me added suppport
2. Had a half bar of chocolate 15 minutes before I set out.
3. I had a 2 day lay-off.

Whatever the reason colour me happy.

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Run no 48

4.75 miler- quite tough as the last mile is a steady uphill climb.

Run no 47

5 miler tonight, felt a bit lethargic for the first couple of miles, nothing spectacular but another 5 under my belt.

Run no 46

Nice steady paced 6.5miler in the pissing rain. The great thing about longer runs now means 6milers feel like short ones. Never though 8 weeks ago I'd be thinking like this.

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Run no 45 - Sun 4/7/10

Set out at 07.15am hoping for a traffic free run. Within 1 mile it was heavy rain. Quickly settled into a 10min/mile pace. The run felt very comfortable bar a few bits where I was running into a strong head wind in torrential rain. The thing about long run is you have plenty of opportunity to adjust your speed and make yourself comfortable. The Ipod battery died round mile 8 so I had to run accompanied with nothing more than my heavy breathing. Got home in 2hrs 5mins which for 12.62 miles I'm very pleased about. My average heart rate was 145 which I'm delighted about.

What was also encouraging was after I finished I felt not too bad and probably could have banged out another 2-3 miles at the same pace. I've just completed 7 weeks of training with another 13 left to go. Things are going to plan.

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Run no 44 - Sat 3/7/10

Did a leisurely 3.15m, nothing too taxing in preperation of my 12 miler tomorrow.

Run no 43 - Thursday 30th June

Did my 6.5miler, although it was overcast it was still very warm. Just took my time and had a nice relaxed run. No world records but another 6 miles under my belt.

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