Thursday August 3

Day 7 – How to feel BETTER

The project: A month-long stint of pounding the fields and lanes of Sussex in my hapless and ill-advised attempt to complete a quintessentially English 5k race between two local pubs. Yes, a pint of beer awaits every finisher!

Dear Reader,

With a busy day ahead, this morning I had found a small frustration getting the better of me. Once I’d crossed the threshold into, well, cross, I was very grateful that my running shoes were already waiting for me by the front door.

Keen to repeat some of the sprint bursts I’d managed on Tuesday, I felt that less steep terrain would be a good idea. I wondered whether to run my usual route clockwise instead of anticlockwise. 🤔

I weighed up the pros and cons.

Advantage
Most of the route this way is downhill.

Disadvantage
On race day it will be the opposite.

And:

Disadvantage
The hilly climb through the field to get back to my house will be a shock to the system.

Advantage
Although that stretch is not part of the race route, I will be walking it downhill to get to the starting line on the day.

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The weather’s improved. It had rained all night, but yesterday’s gale-force winds had blown out to just a gentle breeze by this morning, and the sun was out.

This short stretch of the road section of this morning’s route was uphill, but I chose to view it as a gateway to the sunshine rather than as the incline it clearly was.

I ran, I walked, and now and again I even sprinted.

And that uphill climb across the field back to my house? Reader, I walked it. 😊

I felt so much better when I got home. Thanks for reading, and I’ll see you tomorrow!

Love,

Rebecca

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The Jog Log Stats – Day 7
DISCLAIMER: I didn’t think to hit ‘Finish’ on my app until between four and five minutes after my arrival home. I’ve shown both what the app measured, and what my subsequent estimates were.

Session: run/walk
Distance: 4.18 km
Duration: (measured): 39:38 minutes
Duration: (estimated): 35:08 minutes
Average speed (measured): 6.4 kph
Average speed (estimated): 7.1 kph

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Thank you for reading my Jog log!

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