Given my injuries of late, I haven't done much distance running - in fact this year I have predominantly run speed and hill intervals. With the C2B being only 2 weeks away - thought I had better try some continuous running. So Wed morning whilst staying in Adelaide - I headed out along the Torrens by the Festival Theatre. I decided to run 9 min blocks with 1 min walk breaks - otherwise I would never be able to cover any distance. I ended up running about 7 kms.
My time was quite slow, as after the first block, I found I needed my second break to be 2 mins, and my 3rd to be 3 mins. What I did find of great interest is that although I was focussing on running slow, every time I looked down at my watch I found myself running much faster than I thought - somewhere between 11 and 12 kms/hour. This is a change, as my "slow" speed is usually more like 9 kms/hr - so I guess all my speed work has made a difference. Only problem is that I struggled with the 7 kms (its been months and months since running any distances), so the 12 kms next weekend is really going to hurt! Not to worry - I've given up on any time goals, I will just be aiming to relax, enjoy it and make the distance however I need to .
By the way, for any other SA bloggers who are competing, I will be having lunch afterwards with friends from the gym at the Jetty Hotel (i think thats what its called) so if you want to call in and say hi - you will know where to find me. I still look pretty much like my profile photo - except my hair will probably be up in a pony tail.
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