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My last blog saw me waiting for my Harriers session on Thursday 20th, hoping that it would be hill or speed work. We did a warm up of 2.31 miles in 21 minutes and 8 seconds, fastest mile was 8'36 and slowest was 9'31 - both of which were faster than my usual pace which made my average 9'08 which i'm pleased with. We followed that by a sprint session which I found particularly hard and had to sit out of 2 laps due to nasty shin pain from the warm up, I still managed to do 1.84 miles of speed.
On Friday I did 2 lots of 5km with different clients, luckily it was the same route as they were within 15 minutes of each other. It was very humid and we were a little slower than usual which was to be expected but one of my clients only walked for 3 minutes out of 41 and was happy with her effort. I covered 7.08 miles in total.
I decided to have a rest day ready on Saturday ready for the Great North 10km on Sunday so I took my dog out for a few miles walking by the river and then up into the woods which we both enjoyed until the heavy rain made an appearance. (We both hate the rain!)
On Sunday I did the GN10km, my official chip time was 1 hour and 2 seconds to my disappointment I hadn't managed to break the 60 minute barrier BUT because I started my running app just before the start line 0.20 of a mile to be exact I did manage to record my fastest 10km in 59 minutes and 6 seconds which I am delighted about, my average pace was 9 minutes and 28 seconds per mile and I was aiming for an average pace of less than 10 minutes per mile. Either way I managed to beat my Personal Best for 10km which was 1 hour 2 minutes and 27 seconds (Set during the EMF half). I had a brilliant day, caught up with great friends and even watched one of my clients from my Couch to 5km course cross the finish line which was an amazing achievement!
On Monday I did a 2 mile recovery walk with the dog in the morning and a 6.39 mile run with a client in the evening, we averaged 11 minutes and 25 seconds per mile and took 1 hour 13 minutes overall. It was a nice run down by the river but because of the humidity we got chased by lots of insects so ended up coming back along the road.
Today my shin is pretty painful so I have not been running, I have had a nice day off and rested, had a look round some shops for new running shoes since my newest ones have already done 110 miles. That's the one positive thing I can take from not being able to run today - NEW SHOES! Yay! Fingers crossed I will be back on it tomorrow ready for another Harrier session on Thursday.
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