Parkrun PB: 22:48

The plan is to blog every parkrun PB, and today was a parkrun PB 😁.  Yay!!!  My last blog was a 5k PB on the gym treadmill, but this is a parkrun PB, so much more valid!!  It was odd, as the day was quite hot, I felt very slow first thing in the morning, and I thought I had no chance of beating my 23:33 PB.  When I jogged the 3km to Frenchfield, where the parkrun is held, I felt sluggish.  That jog usually takes about 16 minutes, but today was 18 minutes, and I couldn't go faster.  I was definitely below par, but wanted to do another parkrun, even if slowly.  Because I knew I would be slow getting to Frenchfield, I had left the house a little earlier, so even with an 18m jog, I had a bit longer before the race.  Maybe the extra rest, or the slower jog to the start made the difference.  Or maybe it was because the sun went behind a big cloud just before the race, so conditions were, in fact, perfect!  Whatever the reason, I managed a parkrun time of 22:48.  Still not fast, but getting much better - I'm very pleased!  My average power was 274w which is below the 279w for my previous PB, so I maybe wasn't quite as good as three weeks ago, but the better conditions, or number of people, or something, meant the time was faster although the power was lower.  I don't mind 😁!!!  I did a slow jog home of 8km after a 20m stop to chat.  So, an 18km day in total, which is excellent training for the upcoming half-marathon!!

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