With a training goal in mind.
I've been invited to challenge my title last year as the '3rd fastest woman', in this year's EMC Million Makers Fun Run for the Princes Trust.
With a new distance (not 4miles, but 5 or 10kms). Of course I chose the latter, for a 6pm slot.
My first training was on the Spanish coastline, staying minutes from the beach, and a very smooth promenade that takes you from one end of the bay, to another.
A 5.6miler at 10:06 min/mi. not bad, especially with a lovely strong finish picking up speed around the other side of the cape, where it's quieter.
The theme continued with a run every day to explore the other beach, and a final one, with a dip into the sea, to say goodbye.
I went into laziness after that, only the occasional gym visit, until the Bank Holiday Monday where I really must go, a very wet 6.1miles, to the Chertsey Ploughing Match, with tea and loo breaks at the beer tent, and the garden centre, as it was too wet and being splashed with oncoming traffic doesn't help.
With this run I know, I am back in the game. The feeling on my legs, the 'who cares I'm already very wet already' mentality, and listening to my breathing as the rhythm of how I'm doing.
So the time has come to finally buy some new shoes, and a new 'online price match' at runner's need finally did it for me (I pondered over the Asics kayanos in the winter, but now, the latest release, with the funkiest colours, is mine).
And then, I had to get Miss K ready for the big race. Sessions in the gym on wet and late days, starting on this 'Eco-treadmill'
And then this week, moving on to test Gunnersbury Park, where the race on 11th September will be held.
2 sessions this week! I am proud that I took the plunge and walked out at a good time and did it!
Session 1 this week was a 3.5 miler pondering the possible (and difficult uphill) route for the 10k, and making sure I didn't stop. An average of 9:27 min/mile, and a negative split!!
Yesterday morning, race organiser Sam finally wrote back on the training sessions they were running, and she was in the office and planned on doing one at 5:30.
Since I had intended to up my distance that day, it was the perfect way to stop me procrastinating!
It was a very good session, since I was the only one attending, it was a personal training session from a keen running club member with a half marathon on schedule for this Sunday!
'I always run negative splits',
Audio 'feedback' from her garmin saying we were running 8:40min miles (I think), and passing the 'talk test' , although she had to slow down momentarily to see if I was ok...
It was good, and to be complimented that this was the only training session so far, that she could run along with the trainees, and that I could beat her at the race next week (as she and another colleague will be in a gorilla suit).
So, as the latest marketing slogan goes...
More on race strategy in the next post, for now, it will be good if you can click on the below and sponsor me , every little penny counts! Thanks!
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