I had my first attempt at purposely running slowly today. One thing it certainly did was to show me how far my running has developed in the past few months.
I managed to keep an average pace of 10:22 per mile (I was aiming for 10:30), which I know was a fast pace for me back in February (I happen to remember a training run where I pushed and kept a pace of 10:30). Also my heart rate was massively lower than it usually is when I run (average 136 bpm compared to 152bpm during my interval session yesterday for example) and I got home feeling like I hadn't exercised at all (I did only run 1.3 miles as it's a short run day, but I wasn't really out of breath). So this has made me feel more confident about keeping a more gentle pace in some of my long runs. From everything I've read recently I do need to work on this aspect of my running as well as my speed work. Tomorrow is ParkRun, then on Sunday I have a 7.8 mile long run planned, so watch this space!
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