I've also been out running at Dulwich in the evenings a couple of times lately, now that the days are longer and the park is open until 8:30pm. It's a nice way to wind down after work. This week I did ten 400metre intervals with 400 metre jogs in between. I ran the intervals at an average of around 7:50 minutes/mile pace, which if I could manage it for the whole 10k would get me around in 48minutes 34seconds. I think aiming for 52 minutes, or 8:23 minutes/mile is probably more realistic.
My training for the 10k has been going pretty well. I guess non-runners might think that having run a marathon I should be in tip-top shape to run a quarter of the distance, but it's not that simple. Marathon training is more about long slow runs and building up strength and stamina rather than speed, and I think I was probably in better shape for a 10k this time last year. However I had a good run at Greenwich today when I ran up the hill three times, for the first time in ages, and the interval training has been going well, so hopefully by race day I'll be in with a good chance of running a PB.
This week I was the happy recipient of a couple of new running shirts from CLIC Sargent and Practical Action - thanks Ceris and Michaela !
A total of 22 miles run this week, bringing my total for May to 43 miles, and for the year to 420 miles.
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