The first run with my new Garmin fenix 3 Sapphire which means new metrics and reports. Plus I need to do a quickie review at some point too.
Diary
Leisurely 5km run-commute then a sharp pain in my left knee. 🙁
Well, actually a lot colder than yesterday!
Well I’m back from my blissful two weeks’ holiday in Hong Kong, Vietnam and Ko Samui, so here was my first run-commute since arriving back:
Hellishly hot here at Sala Samui Resort & Spa. So the Garmin was under-reading or the treadmill was over-reading. And then I forgot to turn my Garmin off…
Waaaaay too hot and sweaty for the 10k I’d planned, and too soon after breakfast!
I seem to have sorted the Garmin 🙂
The Garmin Forerunner 410 I use is still hopelessly under-reading from my footpod, so I’ll be recalibrating it back to 1000 and trying again. In the meantime, these readings are from the treadmill itself:
So despite suffering with Achilles Tendonitis in my right heel (brought on no doubt my tight muscles and over-compensating for the left calf) and having only rested for a fortnight – not counting a 20 mile bike ride – I had to man up and take part on the London Winter Run in aid of Cancer Research UK on Sunday.
It was a bitterly cold day and because we didn’t want to have to drop off and collect our bags and coats, Ali and I both grabbed an old fleece top of mine to wear, knowing that we’d have to be pretty quick getting home in just our running gear afterwards. At least it wasn’t raining though 🙂
I finished in 1:05:41 which wasn’t bad considering the pain I was in; that even constituted a PB for me in what was only my second 10k. We immediately re-booked for 2016!
Photo Certificate
I absolutely turn heads…
They’ll not escape me!
Nope. Not caught them yet!
Competitive much, Ali?
Definitely baulking me…
Reaching the finish line
So this weekend – Achilles tendonitis permitting – I will be doing a 10k race: the London Winter Run 2015. This should be fun(!) and a trial for my fitness and injuries.
Then in May on the Bank Holiday, it’s up to Milton Keynes for the Milton Keynes Half Marathon as part of my ongoing – if slow – build-up to September’s full Berlin Marathon (eek!).
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