15 miles

[Charliecat5]

Good Grief

Work means that I missed last night’s run with the Herd and will miss tomorrow’s track session as well.  So I went out for a rumble around town on Monday evening... pounding the streets for four miles; and tonight I thought I’d try and beat my record around Sweder’s Circuit, to replace the missing track shenanigans. 

The first half a mile was a breeze – mostly downhill with a fair wind behind me.  I needed to complete the first mile in 7:30 minutes to have any chance of the record; and when I reached the main road I was well on target.   It took me a full minute to find a break in the rush hour traffic.

Eventually, I squeezed my sorry arse between the fast moving traffic and took off up the track.  Now there’s a bloody thorn sticking into the side of my foot.  I did a cat-tastic dancing shuffle in an attempt to dislodge the little bastard, but it wouldn’t shift.  A minute later the shoe was off… the thorn extracted, and I’m back on my way.

The next mile went without mishap… apart from the running up the Sweder’s Hill bit, which is always problematic.   Then as the measurometer clicked over the two-mile mark, my shoelace came undone and a shin splint appeared.   I stopped… I re-tied my shoe… and I eased back for the last mile.

The result: 26 bloody minutes.   The good news is that my moving pace was 8:03.  I had been aiming for an overall pace of 8:00.  
Next run planned for Friday evening – trying to persuade some of the other RC ne'er-do-wells  to join me.