So off we went to sunny Portugal. A nice relaxing break planned in a nice hotel. The weather wasn't that great for the Monday and Tuesday, so I hit the treadmill in the gym. A 5k followed by a light weights session on Monday, then a 10k in 44 mins on the Tuesday. All the while, an all you can eat buffet breakfast, mcdonalds twice for lunch, followed by three course dinners each evening, course three invariably my ultimate weakness, chocolate cake with cream.
Home to Ireland on Thursday and met up with the club members for 6 miles, with 1.5 down and back made 9. I had intended to run a 10k local race on Saturday, but family events dictated otherwise. So, on the spur of the moment I headed to another local 5k tonight. I wanted to play with my new toy, my Garmin 310xt. The plan was for an easy run, I knew a PB was not likely, so I aimed for a 19.30. I watched the pace all the way around. I went up to a 3.30 pace in the first 1k so slowed down to the target 3.55 and kept it pretty constant. The run pace felt pretty comfortable and I crossed the finish in 19.28, placed 11th overall. I was pretty happy with the run, and glad I hadn't pushed all out for this one, and will concentrate on another upcoming 10k next weekend when I am aiming for an official sub 40 10k.
When I got home, after some really excellent tea and cake (again) I jumped on the scales. Oh boy, I had gained 5 pounds!! That's the result of a serious lack for any meaningful distance runs, which I fully intend to rectify this week!
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