Apologies for no run last weekend… despite the Bank Holiday weekend I managed to only have one day of rest when I took the opportunity to go to see my folks. I was also catching up on work and studying most of yesterday, but finished around 6pm and cut the grass as well as the green opposite… I love this time of year!
By the time I emerged from my head this morning (which had been buried deep in Source, by Joseph Jaworski) I had missed the best of the sunlit morning and it was throwing it down with rain.
I contemplated putting on my wet-weather gear… well, not really. Actually I jumped on the running machine and set it to 7 mph and decided to do 5 miles, or maybe 45 minutes.
After half a mile I increased the speed by 0.2 and carried on increasing each half mile until I had run for three miles and reached 8 mph. Then I reduced to 7 mph again and increased each quarter mile. After a final quarter mile at 7 mph I increased to 10 mph in order to sneak my 5 miles in under 40 minutes… 39.51 to be precise, an average of 7.5 mph.
I then cooled down by walking until the 45 minute mark, when my average was still just above 7 mph. The rain paused just in time for me to go outside to stretch and I’ve spent most of the rest of the day studying… at least I’m enjoying it!