Rocktober 2013

[Sweder]

Yesterday's cheeky lunchtime session yielded a new game, 'beat the clock'.

Pick a challenging (hilly, muddy) circuit and try to log more distance than time taken. In this case I banked 3.17 miles in 30.4 minutes (317/ 304). It is, of course, meaningless, other than to offer an incentive to run harder when you feel like letting up. It certainly worked. The minutes started to catch the miles as my legs tired. I was surprised at how much I wanted to keep ahead of the clock, pushing myself hard over the last few hundred yards.

I'm planning a leisurely half marathon this weekend, most likely the Moyleman Half route I mapped last month. It'll be good to get the P2P distance under my belt, albeit on a much easier track.