I will always be a slowbee

5km 32mins

Last night I was in the mood to attempt to break my 5km PB, it might have been a mistake. I included a 10 min warm up jog in preparation (I normally use my first km as a sort of warm up) then walked for 10 then set off (starting with a down incline for good measure).  I’m not going to lie I didn’t enjoy it, I ran fast, then faster, then fast, then gasping for breath then faster, trying to sprint fast for a 30 seconds then faster for 30 seconds.  But not it wasn’t pretty it wasn’t enjoyable and what’s worse I didn’t even break my speed record. All I did was trash my very precious weekly run (if I’d have paced it I could have done my usual 5 miles).  I felt very grumpy at the end and was only consoled by a beautiful almost full moon.

I don’t need to be fast, except that I would love to join a running group at some point, but I don’t see any around that run at my measly pace.  I do think part of it (maybe I’m making excuses here) is because I’m so short, I mean my little legs can only stride so far, and how many 5.1’ers have you seen on the Olympic podiums the last few weeks EXACTLY!!. 

Reflecting on my efforts I have decided to stick with a healthy Enjoy Pace, which is slower than most people out there, but it keeps me happy healthy and not wanting to give up on running, and that’s how it should be.

…although on double reflecting today, I realised my time was exactly my fastest 5km time that I achieved last year in my 10km race, so maybe I’m better than I think I am?!?