Parkrun #63: Rising Sun, run 9

NINE! Nine runs at one venue. Whatever happened to the tourism thing?

Result: 31:08. At a flat venue too, but I'm gonna let myself off given how congested the start is here. I'd practically done 2km before I was able to run at my own pace. Sadly, "my own pace" wasn't even quite what I'd hoped for, with a best pace of 5:41/km. The day before, on a training run, I'd managed 5:30ish. And the week before, I'd managed some around 5:20/km. So, improvement's proving a bit slow in coming. 🤷‍♂️

Swallow Pond at Rising Sun Country Park. Not today. Photo © Oliver Dixon (cc-by-sa/2.0)

Any positives from this weekend's run?

  1. I turned up and I did it. Keeping the momentum is as important as anything else.
  2. It was hard. If I'm not finding it hard, I'm probably not helping myself to improve.
  3. The first couple of kilometres genuinely felt comfortable; though maybe that's because they weren't fast 😂
Yes, I realise points 2 and 3 kinda contradict each other. Sue me. I'm taking them both as positives, regardless.

Oh, and as for the intent to get to Druridge Bay? Yeah, just a case of family life taking precedence. Same old same old, but nothing to complain about. I'll get there. And maybe by the time I do, I'll have improved a bit more to allow me to realistically challenge my venue PB. Maybe.

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