Leeds 10k - Training Diary - 8th June 14 days to go

Sunday Morning Run - This morning was a first for this year for a number of reasons;

• firstly it was my a Sunday morning - I've only trained on weekdays up till now. 

• It was also the first time I'd run from my fiance's, she lives in a lovely (so I thought) flat area with barely any raised ground at all.

• It was the hottest sunshine I've run in so far this year - even though it was round about the same time of day as the 10k I'm praying for cloud that day. It's such a massive factor in how you feel and perform.

I was stupid enough to not bother taking any water with me so that made the run even harder.  The route I took was a straight road with a turn around point at the end, then double back on myself.  It was strange that coming back (even into the wind) was easier than the run outwards. The only difference seemed to be that to start with I was running into the sun.

I also thought that doing the run on flat ground would make it easier - how wrong was I, it was just as tricky keeping going as it had been the rest of the week, but it was strange being able to see the turn around point from 3/4 of a mile away (lovely long straight roads).

The whole run was exactly 4 miles (the measure says 3.99 but that's down to my poor control with the mouse), so I'm going to do the same thing again next weekend but add an extra mile each way - this will give me my 10k run exactly a week before the real thing.

Practice makes perfect.

I have to say though that all in all I really enjoyed it, and the buzz when I got back lasted most of the day.  I'd highly recommend it.

Back on Tuesday....

Tags: run, flat, dehydrated, sun, 10k, practice