More effort than pain to be honest. As usual, the hardest part was getting going. Well, that and the effort of getting up the hills with no breath. But hey ho. Another run under my belt. A very long belt as I have lost no weight.
I was listening to BBC Radio 6 Music and it was good. They played a fantastic track from the new Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds album: I feel a Spotify playlist coming on.
4.5km
6m 54s per km
Literally this is the first run I've done since the last one.
1.97km
6m 55s per km
Going by the numbers, almost embarrassingly insignificant: going by my actually going out and doing it - a massive triumph, thank you. Well done me.
There were no significant hurties either - unless you count my screaming lungs while running up a gentle slope. I'm basically unfit, but by building up on these short runs that will change. I felt I could have gone further towards the end (on the flat) but in my head, I'd mapped the run and therefore I was at the end. That's another thing your mindset can do. I don't take actual pleasure in running (wish I did) but it's like a class, when you know it's coming to an end there isn't the uncomfortable option of taking it further.
So, there it is. When I start doing 5km 3 times a week will I continue reviewing them?
Perhaps I will just wait and see...
listened to: BBC Radio 6 Music
