Lunch Run - A quick one

I just finished a 9.067km running that lasted about 0hh:46mm:54ss !

First of all I should say that @exhaust is back after @mstafford resolved some post-hardfork issues. I have seen a few people doing posts with it and so will I.

I woke up to the sound of heavy rain, so delayed my run until just before lunch. I went out with the intention of going to Stotfold and back with some fartlek sprint, but I found I was doing a fairly good pace after a while and decided to see if I could keep it up.

Maintaining a pace of under 5min/km has been my aim for a while. I managed it for about 3km today, but then I started to struggle. I was helped by a bit of a tail-wind on the way out, but that came back to bite me on the return. I did a loop across the fields and through the back of Stotfold. I was trying to avoid the worst of the puddles and so was weaving about at times.

I managed a couple of segment personal records, but then I have not generally tried to sustain that pace on those tracks. That gives me something to try and beat in future. The average pace was definitely better than I usually manage over that sort of distance and I have to be happy with that.

It is always good to get a run that is better than expected and it shows I could have more in me than I think.

I think I saw one other runner today, but then I would not expect many to be out at that time of day. The UK is going into lockdown on Thursday, but we are still allowed out for exercise and so I will be running when I can.

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