5m in 34 min with 2 x 0.3m at 5:30 pace. usual loop through Hyde Park but with a cut-off at the end that takes in only the northward turn of the Serpentine. weather is again hotter (25C) and the sunshine on the edge of cruel, especially as we're running in the hottest part of the day. this was meant as a recovery run, and was taken so for the main. we started off at a steady pace, but after about 1.5m, we picked up to 6:30-6:40. i backed us off for the last mile to nearer 7:00, just to cool down and relax. this run takes me to 28m for the week so far, which while i have no races soon makes it quite high. although, this is probably what i feel in myself is actually what i want to be covering in a normal week. don't know if i'm going to be able to get out this weekend - with family down - but if i can sneak a 7 or 8 miler in on Sunday morning, that'd be great.
i'm probably going to totally jinx myself by saying this, but i'm completely injury free and my body is taking this training very well. there was the glitch at the end of last week, but that wasn't from running, it was a clash playing football. all this bodes well for the rest of the year, and i need to take advantage. definitely need to target a 10k that's going to let me go for as close to 36min (5:54 pace) as i can get, and as well finding a half (i've got this feeling Windsor - the only booked race at the moment - isn't going to be it) in which i can try to get near 1:20 (6:07). my bests are 38:09 (6:14) and 1:24 (6:30). but with the injury-free training and all the great build-up i had to the marathon, i think these times aren't completely unreasonable. it'd turn into a dream year if i could pull it all off..
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