August

[Sweder]

Yet another visit to Blackcap this week, the third in four days.
Decided to 'push it' a little to see if I could break 50 minutes. This is timed to the last millisecond using the advanced apparatus of the kitchen clock - look before you leave, look when you arrive back heaving and sweating.

I worked hard on the outbound couple of miles, pushing on the few downslopes where normally I'd recover. A thirty second rest to count down my heartbeat at the Cap and I was off again, arms pumping, sucking in slightly humid air on the journey home. With no discernable breeze tonight the two halves felt evenly matched for effort and speed.

Home in a shade over 46 minutes, at least a three and a half minute improvement on my previous two runs this week. Oddly though I seem to be paying a horrible and unexpected price. My body aches, I feel cold (when the ambiant temperature clearly is not) and I've stiffened up severely within a couple of hours.

Hmm. Back to easy loping for a bit, methinks.
Hoping for something along the lines of a gentle twelve on Sunday to round off one of my better running weeks this year.