SMC 10km

Six down and three to go! Another 10k this morning and second best time so far, which means I'd very much like to get below January's 62 minutes.

I left home at 5:30 a.m and drove in pitch darkness all the way to Smithfield. If it hadn't been for "TomTom" I'd still be going around roundabouts! I took a wrong exit from one of many and immediately told to "turn around when you can"! A couple of lefts and rights and I was back on track and, without much loss of time, at Rossford Reserve.

The 10km went well and I know I can go out a bit harder in the first 5km next month; I did that today and finished 2 minutes ahead of last month's time of 65 minutes. After a 2km warm-up, a few drills and strides........

10km in 1:03:15

Average pace 6:18 ( which was exactly what I had the Garmin set at!)
Best pace 5:01

AHR 134 (84%); MHR 148 (93%)

5km splits : 32:24 (wanted to run 31:30); and 30:41.

All runners as they cross the timing mat get to pull a number from a hat. Last month I drew #1 which means I have new Nike VomeroIV trainers; today I won a box of 6 Easter Eggs with flavours such as "Toffee Crunch, Pure White, Abstract Heaven, Pure Dark, Strawberries & Cream and Abstract Orange"!

I always believed heaven was real but now I know it's only 'abstract'!

I wore the Nike Lunar Glide Racers for the run this morning and they were so light I felt I might become airborne by just a puff of wind! I very much like these shoes for short, fast runs....might even use them for the CRRF Half Marathon in May.

I have only three more chances to get under that 62 minutes for 10km!