Well that didnt go as planned. or did it? Im confused.
Whilst I did set out to do a harder 5k today, I had no illusions of it being anything special. Rather, I assumed it would be fairly pedestrian, especially the way I started. About 1km in I remember thinking “you gotta start these runs slower”. I was a little out of breath, but nothing too dramatic.
From there it seems I was nothing short of electric!
- 5:01km fast run
- 24:36 time. Fastest 5k so far.
- 7.26km total distance. Couple of walks, couple of slow jogs after the 5k
- New Balance SC Elite V4
About 3km in, I thought I was feeling a little tired, I could coast through the rest of this. but then 4k came, and well, I was seemingly in with a shot.
Splits were:
- 5:32
- 5:00
- 4:54
- 4:45
- 4:21
Those sorts of splits were unheard of 2 months ago.
I still feel like it all has just a tiny asterisk next to it. I am running in a plated race shoe when I get these sorts of times. Would I be able to get even close in a normal shoe? Experiment for another day.
I guess you never can tell how the run is going to go. Just gotta get your arse out the door and see what happens.
I think tomorrow I’ll go back to a medium pace 7k. Followed by a 10k+ on Sunday. That will be another full week gone to plan, even with some travel thrown in.
