28 May
So, after writing about whether I need goals and plans to keep me going, it's been a week since I've run. I have been in London for 4 days last week, and staying in St Pancras where there really is nowhere nice to run. It's also been a very hot week, for May. But that feels a bit like an excuse.
Anyway, I went out this morning, having measured how far I need to run towards Bingley in order to do 5k by the time I get back. All along the canal, so really quite flat. I started off quite slowly - probably because my body was still waking up at 6 this morning - so my first mile was 9:45. It felt much better once I'd turned around, probably a mental thing about out-and-back routes. There were three separate goose families on the path and I got royally hissed at 6 times, which was perturbing - I really don't like hissing geese protecting their goslings. I think that helped me go faster on the return leg and dip under 30 minutes for the 5k, as I had to play the gallant goose-tester for a lady runner who was too scared to go past them alone, and once past I think I had a mental notion that I should be seen to be running more quickly.
I also found I had enough energy to really run the last minute or so, stretching my legs out while keeping the cadence high. That was fun, but pretty exhausting.
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