New Forest Middle Distance – I’ve just gone an entered!
Which is a bit strange really seeing that I am not running properly yet. I managed to get a place from someone who can’t do it any more (race rules allow substitutes). As my running is improving, I thought I might as well give it a go. I was planning on entering when more slots went on 3 August but that idea went bad when my calf did.
Today’s run went well. I did 20 laps of the gym’s outdoor track. This is marked as being 322m long (one-fifth of a mile) but I think it is wrong as I averaged 4:37 per km (7:25 per mile). I was running at a moderate pace and after a bit of a warm up I was consistently coming in at 1:26 to 1:27 per lap. That 4:29 per km pace! So I think that the track is a little, well a lot, shorter than 322m.
By way of comparison about 6 years ago I had a go at leaning to run and got to the stage where I could run 3 miles in 33 minutes. So 4 miles in less than 30 minutes is quite good!