And got slower, and slower, and slower!
I'm pretty sure I set a new record today for the slowest ever long run, at least for those efforts where I actually ran the whole way. The good news is that my foot was fine, and I somehow completed the 35 kms!! It was a strange kind of run because I actually felt quite good for the first 20 kms, and because of my slow pace I expected to feel good for some time yet. Alas, I never really got in the groove that often happens, and like I said, with each passing kilometre, I continued to slow. The last 3 kms were all over 6 minutes, and in the end I averaged 5:43/km.
Strictly from a training perspective it doesn't matter at all, as the key is simply to get the time in, and what it means about my overall fitness I'm not sure. Only 2 weeks ago I ran 30 kms at 5:13 so I have to conclude that I'm fitter than today's efforts indicate. Time will tell.
The one thing I established today is that I have no good excuse to not run the marathon in 4 weeks. I paid my money both for the race, and for the bus ride, so I'm going! Unless that is, someone wants to volunteer to go in my place.
And on the cheerier side they just posted Roos results from yesterday. She ended up in 222nd place overall, out of 632 finishers. There were approx 200 people who got to the start line, but not to the finish!! She was an amazing 6th out of 97 in her age group!!!!! And 72nd out of 364 female finishers. A damn fine day I'd say! Just think what she could do if she wasn't so fat!!
....and this one should make you think...
"If death meant just leaving the stage long enough to change costume and come back as a new character, would you slow down? Or speed up?"---Chuck Palahniuk
Love
Peter
I'm pretty sure I set a new record today for the slowest ever long run, at least for those efforts where I actually ran the whole way. The good news is that my foot was fine, and I somehow completed the 35 kms!! It was a strange kind of run because I actually felt quite good for the first 20 kms, and because of my slow pace I expected to feel good for some time yet. Alas, I never really got in the groove that often happens, and like I said, with each passing kilometre, I continued to slow. The last 3 kms were all over 6 minutes, and in the end I averaged 5:43/km.
Strictly from a training perspective it doesn't matter at all, as the key is simply to get the time in, and what it means about my overall fitness I'm not sure. Only 2 weeks ago I ran 30 kms at 5:13 so I have to conclude that I'm fitter than today's efforts indicate. Time will tell.
The one thing I established today is that I have no good excuse to not run the marathon in 4 weeks. I paid my money both for the race, and for the bus ride, so I'm going! Unless that is, someone wants to volunteer to go in my place.
And on the cheerier side they just posted Roos results from yesterday. She ended up in 222nd place overall, out of 632 finishers. There were approx 200 people who got to the start line, but not to the finish!! She was an amazing 6th out of 97 in her age group!!!!! And 72nd out of 364 female finishers. A damn fine day I'd say! Just think what she could do if she wasn't so fat!!
....and this one should make you think...
"If death meant just leaving the stage long enough to change costume and come back as a new character, would you slow down? Or speed up?"---Chuck Palahniuk
Love
Peter
Congrats Roo, awesome, just as I suspected!
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