Happy New Year

A Very Happy New Year to everyone... I've a feeling it's going to be a really good one

Brekky in bed for Karen - start as you mean to go on eh..????
Little things..!!

:o)

Having been suitably inspired (Thanks Cath).....
...I'm off out for a Long(ish) Slow one

Report back later

Later

Nice little run in Richmond Park - a second outing for New Improved Legs - and a plan to run to a HR and not worry about pace. Thought I'd do the anti-clockwise circumnavigation of the Park - it's a route that has quite a lot of "Up" to about 7 miles, and then gets a tad easier (kind of) for the next nearly 4..!!

It was one of those runs where I got into a nice Bounce along rhythm, and for the first time in ages there was a period - between 7 and 8½ Miles - where I lost myself in it. That hasn't happened for a while..!!
There is a good chance, running here, that you'll bump into someone you know, and today was no exception. At 5½ Miles and again at 9 I saw 'Spans' from the Forum. Excellent :o)
So how did the Leg-like things perform...??
Pretty good actually.
The previously problematic area was fine - there was little tightness in the upper part of my left Hamstring, and a slight stiffness on the inside of my Left Knee. I think that my legs must be 'tracking' marginally differently to before. I'm sure they just aren't used to all the muscles working properly, and they will take a little while to find their balance point. So - in the meantime - I'll Stretch them a lot.. gets some miles into then.. and just let them sort themselves out.

So - the numbers....

Distance: 10.81 Miles
Time: 1:37:26
Pace: 9:01 min/mile
AvHR: 161

Mile	Pace	Time	AvHR
1	8:38	8:38	148
2	9:06	17:45	158
3	9:12	26:57	160
4	8:35	35:33	158
5	8:56	44:29	164
6	9:17	53:46	167
7	9:24	1:03:10	167
8	8:47	1:11:58	163
9	9:21	1:12;19	162
10	8:53	1:30:13	168
0.81	8:54	1:37:26	167
Run	9:01	1:37:26	162