🏃 My Running Log | Norwich Parkrun | 19/01 | 5km | Total - 77.5km in 2019

🏃 Saturday 19th January | Norwich Parkrun | 21:40

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Back in Norwich for Uni after the Christmas break and my first Norwich Parkrun since early June! When I woke up at 7am and looked out the window, I saw a lot of frost and knew it would be a cold & skiddy run today. I ran over to Eaton Park after some breakfast and catching up on the Tour Down Under highlights, but I admit I almost froze to death on the way!

I started off at a solid pace, I would've liked to push on a bit more but I didn't really fancy slipping on the ice so made sure I planted my foot well with each strike. I did the first kilometre in 4:00mins exactly and I felt good, I knew that I was going to be able beat last week's time even with the slight hinderance of the icy floor. The second kilometre was a bit slower at 4:14mins but still a pretty nice pace - the third kilometre was when I started to struggle and I decided not to go too hard and did the third and fourth kilometres in 4:25mins & 4:27mins respectively. I then pushed on a little bit more to run the final kilometre in 4:19mins; we were warned that the finishing straight and the corner before the straight were the iciest in the Park and to give them some respect - it was actually the penultimate corner that caught me out on the last lap, where my right foot skidded a little and I was so close to toppling over but managed to prevent it.

Again, I'm happy with how I'm running at the moment. It's been 3 weeks or so of pretty constant running since my injury and 3 month layoff, but I'm getting stronger and stronger every single run and I'm enjoying doing it so all is good! I want to run a Half-Marathon somewhen next week to see what I'd be able to do right now, and then tailor a plan to make sure I can double that when it comes to the City of Norwich Half-Marathon - but this is of course completely weather permitting and my week will be slightly more busy than this one.

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The Route;

Pace & HR Analysis;

General Info;

Official Result;

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