7.06pm, 4 miles, 35.18, ave pace 8.49m/m
9.18, 9.00, 8.57, 8.00
I could not get booked in for Body Pump tonight and decided I would rather go for a run outside instead anyway since it had turned into a nice day. It might have been nice in Glasgow all day for all I know, but East Kilbride is a whole different ball game and the first time I noticed the sun was out was at 3pm!
It sounds lazy I know but I drove to the cycle path as I could not face running through Linwood first, not that it even seemed that bad tonight but it is just the thought of it. Lots of families and cyclists out on the cycle path tonight though which was nice and no crowds of neddy kids!
I was not sure how I would get on but managed fine, my times make it look like a very negative split but it is really just uphill for the first two miles and then downhill for the next two.
I have decided that since I ran the marathon at 8.53m/m pace I really have no excuse to ever run slower than that (except on the WHW of course) so I am glad I managed to get the last mile fast to bring my average down! Indeed I should really be seeing more times in the 7 something m/m range since my average for the 10km was 7.39m/m!
