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16:30 7 miles 47:56

1 6:54 2 6:58 3 6:59 4 6:42 5 6:46 6 6:56 7 6:41  Average 6:51 min/miles

Oops! Once again I failed in my quest to do a nice steady recovery run. I was booked in for Body Pump tonight at the gym, so I decided I’d do a run around Pollock Park before hand. As I’ve said many times before, I love running around this park. I haven’t done so for a while, and really enjoyed it. I also enjoyed the company of my ipod again, which is starting to become a habit I’ve been trying to avoid!

Incidently, said ipod selected a bit of Gangsta Rap on today’s run, Ice Cube’s ‘You Can Do It’. Much to my surprise, I noted the lyric, “Life ain’t a track meet (no) it’s a marathon”  …well said!

I felt slow over the first mile, especially into a fairly strong headwind, but I wasn’t, and then I’d settled into a nice rhythm after a tailwind assisted second mile, so I just kept on going! I was fine until about two miles to go when the wind got up a bit and I was heading up a steady incline. However, a wind assisted final mile got me home in a, sustained throughout, sub 7:00 min/mile pace. I then proceeded to work almost as hard as normal in the Body Pump class straight after my run.

I’m amazed at my recovery. My legs feel relatively fresh despite how drained and sore I felt after Sunday’s efforts. I think the shopping fartlek on the Monday helped. It seems to have acted as a recovery run!

Anyway, enough running talk… and, speaking of shopping… I bought a T-shirt in London on Monday. It was in a small shop in Covent Garden and was just waiting for me (…it was meant to be and all that!), it was even in the sale! I think you’ll agree there’s a certain irony.

            …and so say all of us!

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