Week 5 Run 3 - Much Better!

Well after last week's disastrous 'long' run, I was hoping for a better one today. I'd planned out a 10 mile route, and so off I set.

Took a couple of miles to get into it (which annoyingly always seems to be the case), but relaxed into it and felt really good for miles 3-8. Legs started to tire towards the end, and there was more walking than I'd have liked, but I managed to complete the whole route. I actually added in a little loop in the middle, so it ended up being 11 miles.

I took my ipod with me today, but knowing the battery was low, decided to start off without it (they're not allowed at Bath Half), I didn't use it until the last 1.5 miles, when I was getting very tired, but hopefully by that point the crowd will pull me round without the need for music.

I didn't run the whole way, and I didn't go very fast, but on the back of today's run, a half marathon doesn't seem like a totally ridiculous idea. I know I'll have to walk parts of it, and that I'll be towards the back, but feeling much more confident that I'll actually finish!

Length: 11 miles/10 miles
Time: ~2hrs 20mins
Pace: 12:42 min/mile
Half Marathon Time: 2hrs 48mins (based on this run - provided by Fetcheveryone.com)

Week 4 Run 3: Disasterous :(

Awful run today. I was so up for a nice long, slow run when I got up. But had a busy morning, which meant that by the time I got home, I needed to eat again before heading out as it had been about 4 hours since breakfast! So I had some lunch, then had to wait for that to digest, before finally setting off around 3pm.

I didn't even manage to get halfway round Fleet Pond (about 2km into the run) before stopping to walk, it had nothing to do with being out of breath, I just felt really tired, legs felt heavy etc. I forced myself to stay out for an hour, with a mixture of running and walking. Far, far too much walking. :(

I think it was a combination of heading out too late in the day and perhaps a bit of a hangover from the Parkrun the day before (running at race pace).

Really need to do a 10 miler next Sunday - there are only 3 Sundays before the race, and one of those will be taper week!

Length: 4.6 miles/10 miles
Time: 59 mins
Pace: 13:20 min/mile (told ya I walked lots!)
Half Marathon Time: 3hrs 06mins (based on this run - provided by Fetcheveryone.com)