Power cruising in the rain

Apart from the fact that I seem to be running later and later in the day, things are going SO well.

Day 3 Restart Phase: a "brisk" 6 miles at 10k pace in gorgeous, refreshing light rain and cool temperature -- ie sub-60. Did I say "cool" -- I was wearing three layers AND a rain jacket AND a hat and gloves.

I didn't mean to go at this pace, it just happened. 6m (10k) in 44:58 averaging 7:29 a mile -- and everything felt good. Within 400m I was on cruise control and I knew it was going to be a good one. This time it was a downhill-trending outward leg, then one mile on spongy grass round the dead flat edge of the soccer pitches, then back on the 2.5 mile route, this time trending uphill. Maybe it was the rain, or the extra oxygen in the air -- whatever, I hit that zone where I could have run all day. I was starting to trance out -- twice I had to backtrack because I overshot junctions where I should have turned.

The really good news is that after all the heart/lung mullarkey of the last few months, I felt I could play The Edge again. That aerobic/anaerobic edge where going just a bit faster leads to disaster, if you go a little slower you will lose your mojo... sorry., I've no idea what that means, but hey, if it was a rap song you'd just be nodding along, right? So cut me some slack...

anyway, these are the kind of runs I live for. Check out the heart rate graph: a flatline trending gradually upwards (as the route did): nice.

But I was WET when I got in. Hot cup of tea. MARvellous!