Day 4 of Juneathon and time for another run. It was another beautiful day and as I said yesterday the aim was to run 10km. I decided that I would run along the banks of the local river and enjoy the morning. When I started running, albeit sporadically the year before last I ran a lot up along the banks of the river as not many people would see how slow I was running. I would usually run 3.5km up the river and then turn back. Today the aim was 5km up and 5km back, so I would see a new part of the track.
I decided to set out from work and run a 1km warm up, 10km run and finish with a 1km cool down, a nice 12km morning outing. Here is how it went.
Warm up km: 5:41 followed by some light stretching.
2km: 5.33
3km: 5.27
4km: 5.13
5km: 5.22
6km: 5.18
So I ran the first outward 5km of the 10km in 26.53. I found these kilometres tough going and when I hit the turn around and began the return journey I though of the quote that running is 90% mental and the other 10% is mental and tried to change how I was feeling to enjoy it.
7km: 5.18
8km: 5.07
9km: 5.03
10km: 5.01
With a kilometre to go in the 10km I realised that I was close to my official fastest 10km time of 52.31 and that if I pushed I might beat it.
11km: 4.51
The 5km return journey was done in 25.20. Gotta love the negative split. 10km in 52.13 a new unofficial PR.
Cool down km: 5.23. All in all an enjoyable morning.
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