Half Way There

Good grief, I'd forgotten how far and hard 21.1km is. I did three laps of the Bay Run today, mostly in stray dog mode, but every now and then I'd measure my pace for a km to get a feel. I started at 4m30ish for the first few then slipped it out to 4m45s which felt comfortable. I finished the first lap in 35min which wasn't too bad but I knew there was no way I was going to negative split anything today!

My GPS started talking to someone's HRM resulting in my screen on the Forerunner telling me my resting HR was 153 bpm despite the fact I wasn't wearing a HRM. This obviously confused my GPS because the message stayed there for the next 3km annoying me enormously. So I turned the damned thing off and went stray dog - just ran for the pleasure of it, enjoyed the sights and let the head wander. Felt good.

Stiffening up a bit now but no injuries and a big tick in my list of things I need to do before I get back to being able to confidently tackle a marathon sometime soon.