(29-12-2018, 12:57 PM)OutAlongTheRiver Wrote: And the park run today, saw a 7 mile (11.4km) pre-parkrun jaunt over the hills from Lewes to Bevendean. And then my second fastest Bevendean time (and only second time under 25 mins there) with an unexectedly strong 24:59. Hadn't been looking for a fast time, just to complete the 10 miles. The tough hill in the middle section somehow seemed like a tiddler and I almost treated it like a sprint up a Twitten.
Reflecting on it afterwards, I have no explanation as to why that hill - which for 19 other parkruns around that downland course has been a struggle, suddenly today was almost a breeze ... and oddly the downhill section (which is a steep legs flailing type rapid descent) felt comparatively hard.
Anyway - such is the joy of running. It sometimes defies rational thought.
And mystery solved! Turns out Sweder had experienced the exact same thing (hill easier, downhill harder) and lo the answer was wind direction! Unusually strong tail wind on the uphill, and head wind on the descent ... such is the joy of running. It sometimes doesn't defy rational thought
Getting the Asics Right
