So you can imagine my delight when I did it in 25:13 today. For the 2.7 miles/174ft of ascent/descent it meant an average moving pace of 08:55 min/mile, which is the first time I've dipped below 9min/mile, offroad, for ages - if ever before! This could be a PB.
Of course, the dry figures tell only half the story. It was the first run this year without wearing leggings! The first without needing a windproof top! The first without serious mud! All in all, it was a beautiful dry day and underfoot was lovely sheep-cropped grass which is the finest running surface of all. After all my tribulations of last year, it is such a joy to be running - and to be running hard - once again.
Happiness abounds in the Smileyrunner camp.
Smileyrating 9.9/10. To be 10 it needed to have hurt less!
sounds like a definitely pb to me, well done! had my first shorts n tshirt run last night :)
ReplyDeleteI'm going to have to watch you HF. My pace was 8.54 today, so only a second ahead of you now!
ReplyDeleteI must say it really makes a difference getting back into shorts again. Leggings don't 'feel' restrictive but I suppose they must be.
Anyhow, well done. Keep up the good work.
take it!
ReplyDeleteIs most defo a PB.. it counts if the clock say it is so.
ReplyDeleteYour blog post is simmering with the same spring sazzles I've been feeling all week HF. What a long long winter it's been and how transforming some sun, a pair of shorts and an extra hour of daylight can be.
Happy spring HF!
RB