Running (road) 54:05 [3] 7.94 mi (6:49 / mi) +81m 6:36 / mi
ahr:148 max:173 slept:8.0 shoes: Hoka carbon x
20’ easy - 8xpace 200s -20’ easy
After a lot of wrangling with occupational health it’s been agreed that I can return to work and I don’t need to self isolate.
Set of Boyd by the prospect of just being allowed out. Legs felt really fresh and I felt really energetic.
Started the pace 200s. Last week I set off too quick and wanted these to be much more of a controlled effort. I wanted to truly match a half marathon to 5k pace. As you can tell from the splits again I’m running them too quick. Although I’m suspicious that I can actually run a 10k quicker than I think I can. But i really want to race in order to see how quick I can actually run. Despite setting off too quickly I was shocked how strong I felt and how relaxed the efforts felt. I think this is a good session to dial myself into a rythym. What I am learning is that at 10k I will have to exert myself far more than an ultra and I actually think it’ll be harder than racing an ultra.
1-5.48mi
2-5.53mi
3-5.51mi
4-6.04mi
5-5.46mi
6-5.44mi
7-5.41mi
8-5.33mi
Last bit back home felt fine legs weren’t really fatigued so just kept the pace easy although looking at it I was running at a pace that I would normally run a moderate effort at yet it felt easy. I think today was just one of those days where you run fast and it feels effortless. I wish Running was always like that.