On Thursday morning I went out into the countryside (well, Virginia Water) and attempted a 4 mile run. I had my route planned with http://www.mapmyrun.com and though it was easy: run once around the lake.
However I did get lost and ended up running all around the park, and as my Garmin tells me, I clocked up 5.2 miles in 47 minutes. The run was amazing - it was sunny and mild, and I had a great time. I felt I could have run on even more - but wanted to keep my training building slowly. The first 2.5 miles were hard, and then everything just kicked in. Running on grass, mud and tarmac was also much kinder to the legs than the road :)
Some other stats from the Garmin (which is being a bit stubborn and refusing to upload this particular run)
My average heart-rate was 172 bpm at a pace of 9:13 / mile. This is 89% of my max. I'm a bit worried this is too high.
...going to research that!
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