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?
- I turned up and I did it. Keeping the momentum is as important as anything else.
- It was hard. If I'm not finding it hard, I'm probably not helping myself to improve.
- 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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