Today was my best ever run…
January 16th, 2008
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Wow! I am in heaven. I went for a run tonight and it was bloody amazing.
- I ran for 48 minutes at sub 6k/min pace.
- I totalled just over 8K.
- I took in a long big hill after 5K and I could have crapped out half way up and taken the easy route but I didn’t.
- I only intended to do 5K.
- I could have kept on going for another 30 minutes. The only reason I didn’t was because I didn’t want to overdo it and injure myself. My chest felt great, my legs felt light. I honestly felt like I could have gone on forever (Forrest Gump style!)
My conclusions about tonight are:
- The run up Arthur’s Seat in Edinburgh as part of the BUPA Great Winter Run has opened my body up to a whole new world. Running up hills makes all the difference.
- Even though it was zero degrees, I ran in shorts, a thin running top and thin running jacket. I was cold for the first 5 minutes and fine after that. If I had my fleecy running trousers on I would have felt totally different.
The only downer about tonight was that my last fews runs on my Nike+ have been incorrectly recorded (honest!). So I’ve had to delete everything and start again. Never mind, tonight was a good baseline. I am going to put the link for my Nike+ profile on this website so I can track my progress.
Back in the saddle again…. Cheers, Mark