Feeling great…
I feel amazing after the run today. So many things about it were great:
- personal best for 1K
- 1st time running for at least 5 weeks
- ran 5K without having to pause for a breather
- breathing technique felt right
- good mental strength to get through it (used projection to get me past each hurdle, I’ll write more about this later)
I have a 5K run on Saturday (BUPA Edinburgh Winter Run). Should be a nice goal to get round and do a good job. I’ll run at least 2 more times this week before doing that on Saturday.
After that I’m going to start planning for the 10K in April. I’ve done 2 10Ks before (both in just over an hour) but this time I’m really going to train properly for it. I’m not sure what a target time will be (maybe 55 minutes).
The goal after that is a half marathon at the end of the summer. I don’t think I’ll move up to marathon running though - too much time involved and I don’t think it is great for your body…
This is pretty much just a random blog tonight but I will start keeping each entry focused to one topic otherwise anyone reading it will just think I’m a rambling madman.
Looking forward to a good week. Cheers, Mark.