I really enjoyed the run this week at Bushy Park, I bumped into Rodiogirl and her daughter, who was preparing for her first assault on the time trial, and joined them both for the event. It was quite a novelty to run around the park with someone else, and the converstaion really helped to keep my mind off the the fact that I don’t like running!
It felt like a slowish pace, very comfortable, which usually means walking, and yet on the final straight it looked like I wasn’t far off last weeks pb time. I would like to wax lyrical about the speedy properties of the enell contraption but now that I’m losing my anonymity and keep meeting people who know me from the blog, I really think its time to stop discussing my underwear habits.
Final result: 5km in 35:42
Thanks Rodiogirl and congratulations on a great run Kathryn
Straight after the run I met up with fellow blogger Jason for blast around Richmond Park on the mountain bikes.
Something went a bit awry with the garmin on the return trip, I somehow managed to switch it off as I joined the park at Richmond and didn’t notice until Robin Hood gate. It’s messed the stats up somewhat but piecing all the events of the day together, gives a total of 52km. I was exhausted for the rest of the day, the cycling and running combination seems to knock me for six, imagine the effects of adding swimming into this mix as well.
SportTracks declared a whopping calorie expenditure in excess of 4000 for the mornings activities, which had me planning a mammoth feast until I realised I had left my watch set in running mode. Correcting this saw the calorie calculation plummeting and all my excitement fading away with it.
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Awesome run!! You must be stoked with that pace! Just goes to show you CAN run faster when someone is with you. I have recently discovered that myself. I think you must have more speed in you if you had the energy for a 52 km
bike ride afterwards.
Don’t lose thate excitement – it was a fabulous effort!!
What do you mean, you don’t like running! Them’s fighting words. All round a good effort, sounds like you’ll have some 5km pb’s to report in the weeks to come.
Hi warrier woman, It was a great run. I enjoy running with someone more than running on my own.
Unfortunately I wont be at BPTT until 28th April but I will see you then.
Sarah