No blood, no tears, but plenty of sweat
Lots of sweat, in fact. Wednesday’s run was a 60-minute moderate jog, which would not usually have me slick with sweat. However, this time the weather was warm and sunny and even though the breeze was fairly cool, it was still quite humid. My route was the same as usual, going round the headland, then back along the North Bay promenade and through Peasholm Park.
After Monday, when I had to stop without finishing my route, I was quite happy with my pace today. Running around the corner of the headland back towards the North Bay I didn’t feel totally knackered like last time and kept up the same moderately fast pace all the way up to the Sea Life Centre.
I’ve measured the distance between the junction of Albert road and Marine drive up to the Sea Life Centre as a mile and I use how long it takes me to run this distance as an indicator of my pace and how fast I’m running. During this run I managed to complete it in just over 10 minutes, which is actually quite fast for me – usually I aim for a speed of around 12 minutes per mile, which is equivalent to 5h30m marathon pace. Read the rest of this entry »