I'm starting to feel like a runner again
Just a shade under 5 weeks since I started again, this really felt like the first session where I was back in control of my running. All 6x 1000m reps were run at a fairly even '5k' pace (allowing for the fact that alternate reps were predominantly up/down hill) and at no time was I left straining or feeling the need to slow down.
The average mile-pace across all 6x reps was 5:54. On this kind of session, I've found it possible to achieve a mile-pace of around 6-10s/mile better than actual 5k race-pace. This would translate to a 5k race time between around 18:40 to 18:50 and a 10k time around 39:00 to 39:20. If true, this would represent another big step up in fitness since the Welwyn MWL 10k. Having said that, I've never done this session over this route before, so have no historic comparisons of training to race-pace.
I'd like to trust my instincts on this occasion, as this session felt so much better than any other over the last month.
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