Day 76

Week 11 - Saturday 29th September 

 

Parkrun Day :-)

 

It was particularly nice to do the parkrun today because Alli was with me.  She had offered to do some volunteering and today was her first session.  She was helping out with registration.  That means she scans the runners' barcodes and then the chip code, which gives them their times and positions in the results.

 

I ran to the park as usual since that 'warm-up run' seems to work fine for me.  Alli cycled but we both got there about the same time.  It wasn't long before the park filled up with today's 61 runners and then the race begun.

 

To my amazement, I found that I had beaten my pb again but this time I didn't feel bad because of it.  What helped was having a man running behind me as if he was chasing me.  Nothing like getting your speed up when that happens, LOL.  Anyway, I did manage to keep him behind me to nearly the end of the run but then he got past me last time up the hill.  Pb went from 28.05 to 27.15, which makes my speed 9.05 minutes/mile, so I was pleased about that.