I was not looking forward to the run today because I’d made essentially zero progress in the last few and was concerned about having another sluggish jog.
The weather was mild, 15ºC, a light breeze and cloudy. Because of Important stuff, like watching cartoon movies. I ran in the morning instead of the afternoon, but was back to the usual direction, counter-clockwise.
I knew based on where I had completed the last run that this one was going to be a nice improvement. Boosting that, my legs did not feel like lead at all and I managed to push — a little — during the last km. My breathing settled earlier, I had a better start, it was an all-around much-improved run.
The overall pace of 5:26/km easily beat my previous of 5:37/km and a good part of that came in a much faster opening km of 5:03 vs. 5:15 previously.
My next run I’ll be running clockwise (backwards) again, so it’ll be interesting to see how my times compare. I suspect they will be worse but we shall see.
Chart (blue indicates the run was done clockwise):
| km | May 23 | May 20 | May 18 | Jan 25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 km | 5:03 | 5:15 | 5:13 | 5:04 |
| 2 km | 5:15 | 5:24 | 5:23 | 5:20 |
| 3 km | 5:21 | 5:31 | 5:30 | 5:31 |
| 4 km | 5:25 | 5:35 | 5:35 | 5:36 |
| 5 km | 5:26 | 5:37 | 5:37 | 5:37 |
