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RE: Getting the Asics Right
3 January update
First day back at work - and inspired by Tom Roper suggestion, did my Asics "surge" run (which in a nutshell is just series of hard 30s, gentle 30s repeated 8 times) along the canal towpath from Kings Cross to the west side of Regents Park - via Camden Lock and London Zoo. This finally seems like an enjoyable route I could take up as a regular weekday route from work.
May be at risk of *overtraining* I realise, since I ran yesterday (2 Jan) and on New Year's Day. I will definitely take Friday (tomorrow) off to rest and recover.
New year's day had the enjoyable facet of two park runs (first time I've ever tried this) - with first visit to Eastbourne. E'bourne is about the flatest course I have ever run - and would make great opportunity for a PB. As it was, I paced my partner to her own PB (clocking 24:25) - in a large field, which made the opening km a hard one to get out fast enough for.
Then the highlight of the month - being at Peacehaven for Sweder's 100th park run. And for Mrs CC5's very first. So double celebration. Especially as CC5 hates park runs.
We mused as to whether Ash had taken longest to reach 100 runs - is first being back in 2008. The logic being either people who started early on in park run history would either long since have passed 100, or would have given up the running. Who would have dipped in and out and slowly approached 100 over 10 years? And sure enough I hadn't found anyone who had ... until I looked at Ash's very first run. And the person who finished just ahead of him (by 5 seconds) is indeed still running, hasn't yet reached 100, but has done around 5 or so in last few months. Now on 93, that person may well hit 100 in the coming months. So Ash's crown for persistence (if such crown he holds) may only be his for a short while.
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Getting the Asics Right
