30-03-2026, 08:42 AM
Good morning, Saturday ran Parkrun in my usual 25:42, perhaps fractionally slower than normal. I left my watch at home so had no updates and just ran on relative feel. Felt good across the line and was fairly happy with run, even though slightly slow.
This morning I woke up early and got out the door just after sunup, was just in a great mood and feeling strong for a change. I have struggled through so many of these longer runs that this was quite refreshing. What the reason for this was, I remain uncertain but I’ll take it. The part that won’t please the coach is that I went out slow, up the hill @ around 6:20/K but came back down @ 5:29/K. I know I am supposed to run this entire run within Zone 2 but I just couldn’t help myself. Gavin I felt great for a change, something that’s been missing from my running for a few years now. I looked at my watch, considered the temptation of the predominantly 6k downhill all the way home and just wound it up as I went. It felt fantastic to have decent leg turnover and had no pain or exhaustion when I finished.
Whether this is a breakthrough or just a culmination of not running any of these runs outside of Z2 and waking up feeling so positive, I think only time will tell. Apologies for breaking with the discipline of the program but quite frankly just for a little reprieve it was so worth it.
I will certainly try the little pyramid of 1k + 2k + 1k this week and will report back.
Just one question, I'm assuming that I am attempting to hold the same 1k pace through the 2K segment in the middle?
Thanks Neil.
This morning I woke up early and got out the door just after sunup, was just in a great mood and feeling strong for a change. I have struggled through so many of these longer runs that this was quite refreshing. What the reason for this was, I remain uncertain but I’ll take it. The part that won’t please the coach is that I went out slow, up the hill @ around 6:20/K but came back down @ 5:29/K. I know I am supposed to run this entire run within Zone 2 but I just couldn’t help myself. Gavin I felt great for a change, something that’s been missing from my running for a few years now. I looked at my watch, considered the temptation of the predominantly 6k downhill all the way home and just wound it up as I went. It felt fantastic to have decent leg turnover and had no pain or exhaustion when I finished.
Whether this is a breakthrough or just a culmination of not running any of these runs outside of Z2 and waking up feeling so positive, I think only time will tell. Apologies for breaking with the discipline of the program but quite frankly just for a little reprieve it was so worth it.
I will certainly try the little pyramid of 1k + 2k + 1k this week and will report back.
Just one question, I'm assuming that I am attempting to hold the same 1k pace through the 2K segment in the middle?
Thanks Neil.