My first parkrun in the snow! It wasn't laying on the ground, but falling as grains, and bouncing off my face as I ran. The ground was fairly muddy and slippery in places. The temperature was about 3 degrees - certainly made my eyes water until I warmed up. I had an extra layer on my legs, which I regretted after about five minutes.
I took off fairly well, but made sure I paced myself sensibly. I only slackened off once or twice, and like last week, I only began to feel properly comfortable after about 3km. The only niggle I was aware of was tightness in my chest, which was probably to do with the cold air (it passed about half an hour after I stopped running).
I was pretty comfortable in the last kilometre, and I was able to put in a decent push to the finish.
Again, it was hard to tell what my time was going to be. It felt faster than the week before, but I didn't think it was by much. To have knocked off 35 seconds felt good.
I'll probably miss next week as I'll be away with FDO, but might venture up to Shrewsbury for some tourism.
I took off fairly well, but made sure I paced myself sensibly. I only slackened off once or twice, and like last week, I only began to feel properly comfortable after about 3km. The only niggle I was aware of was tightness in my chest, which was probably to do with the cold air (it passed about half an hour after I stopped running).
I was pretty comfortable in the last kilometre, and I was able to put in a decent push to the finish.
Again, it was hard to tell what my time was going to be. It felt faster than the week before, but I didn't think it was by much. To have knocked off 35 seconds felt good.
I'll probably miss next week as I'll be away with FDO, but might venture up to Shrewsbury for some tourism.
How brave, Ange, and a great result! xxxx
ReplyDeleteThanks, Mum. :-) xxxx
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