Tearing it up at Wynnum! |
I'm loving mixing up my exercise with bootcamp twice a week - it's such a great workout. And I've been able to increase my distances while running a bit too. I'm having no issues with my shins, which is a huge relief!
Dean had a brainwave to start up a Wednesday night running group in our local area, which is a 7km or 11km route along the waterfront. The first one was last week & we had about 23 people turn up - amazing! I decided to head down with the pram and just do a short run, since it was pretty much the kids' bedtime, but I didn't want to miss out. It was BLISS! I loved just running slowly, chatting to the other ladies, enjoying the cool, still, night air (lately my arvo runs have been hot and windy). I did 7.5km, which is my longest distance since the marathon - but it felt like about 2! I absolutely loved it.
The "Bayside Breeze" Wednesday night group |
On Saturday morning, we visited Wynnum parkrun for their 1st Birthday celebrations. It's a great course that's fairly similar to ours, as it's also along the foreshore. It was a super hero theme and there were some amazing costumes, which was good fun.
Dean pushed the pram and we decided to stick together...but it meant a very slow start. They had record numbers at Wynnum, and we started a fair way back in the pack, so we got pretty trapped and took a while to be able to get any pace up.
I sprinted to the finish and ended up with a time of 27:06 - and my best stat of the morning was finishing 2nd in my age category of women 25-29! But as an indication of what a slow start it was, here's my pace splits for the 5kms:
1km - 6:21
2km: 5:36
3km: 5:07
4km: 5:17
5km: 4:45
Very interesting to break it down!
And as a true sign that I'm really getting back on track, I went for another 6km run that afternoon as well, as I knew I wouldn't get a run in on Sunday.
Things are looking up on the running front! It's a welcome change to be able to run for fun!
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