After the terrible run in Montreal I was a bit worried that I’d lost my running mojo and that run #32 was also going to be tough. So I decided to take it slow, see how it went and, if I was still going fine halfway through, run an extra 10 minutes.
It certainly wasn’t easy, and I stayed well below my best pace all the way round. But, by the time I got up to the top of the Gallops I wasn’t totally exhausted. So I turned left and headed up towards Mount Harry, turning round after about 5 minutes.
It was at that point I nearly gave up, took the short route home and cut my losses. I promised myself I could if I just kept running back to join my usual route. But once I got to that point I was at the top of the run and it was downhill from there. So, again, I just kept going. The first 5km took over 31 minutes, but the total distance was 7km, taking 45 minutes.
I was much stiffer, particularly in the calves, but another minor record under my belt and hopefully back on track.
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