As I'm sure your aware I've been feeling really under the weather this week, resulting in me missing my long run on Saturday. This is really thrown me, I'm a creature of habit and I like to stick to routine. I was unsure whether it was a good idea to go running on Tuesday but decided it would either kill me or cure me, so off I went.
Tuesday was a manic day for me & I only just made it back to Peterborough in time for running, in such a panic I turned into one of those girls I hate. Baring a full face of make up (not the end of the world as I knew this would be sweated off in no time) and forgetting a hair bobble, I had to run with hair down for the first time ever (never ever again).
Anyway, I decided I would stick with Aunty and do a gentle 3 miles, if my chest started to hurt I always knew I could stop and walk, but at least I was getting out there and trying. Oh how I was wrong. Val decided to stick with me as we are of a similar pace and distance & she was more then happy with 3 miles but Mandy & Grumps had other ideas. We were taken to Chesterton hill, about 2.5 miles away from Bushfield for hill reps (yes thats plural). The run down really hurt and I knew this wasn't going to be easy, it was hot, my hair was in my face and I really didn't enjoy it. Once we made it to the bottom of the hill my stomach dropped, this was really steep. I set off strong and pushed ahead of Val & Mandy, thankfully Wendy was on hand to keep me going and I really wouldn't of made it up without her. I managed to run all the way to the top, power walked down and repeated this again. As told the second time wasn't as bad as the first. When we were all down we set off home.
I stuck with Grumps and plodded along at a good pace, I was feeling good so we picked this up a little. I eventually ran back with Wendy as the others had slowed down a little. Thanks to Wendy for pushing me.
Splits are as follows:
1 miles - 12:02
2 miles - 12:22
3 miles - 13:55 (Can you tell this is where the hill was)
4 miles - 12:16
5 miles - 12:04
6 miles - 13:52 (we slowed to a fast walk to cool down here to let our legs recover)
I am pretty happy with these times. We covered 6 miles in 1 hour and 15 minutes. That is my target for my upcoming 10k, considering this was with a tight chest and 2 reps of a hill I'm hoping I can get my target next weekend. Fingers crossed.
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