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It’s New Years Day. It’s not even a Saturday. It’s only been two days since the last one but it’s now time for another ParkRun.
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The Sun had risen 20 mins ahead of my arrival at Stanley Park and, contrary to the forecast, it was a pleasant mild start to the year. A large crowd had gathered around the clock tower eagerly awaiting the pre-run briefing.
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Following on from my PB on Saturday I once again set an ambitious target, with the aim to knock 90 seconds off my previous time. I had my mile and km pace times to keep track of progress. And with that, we were off – all 253 of us.
I was up on the first km, slightly down on the second and then back on the pace for the third and fourth km’s. Unfortunately, my left knee was a bit achey on the final km so I had to ease off a little bit. No PB today – just 49 seconds slower than Saturday though – and still better than my time 7 days ago.
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Perhaps two “competitive” 5K’s in two days was a tad ambitious at this stage of my training. Regardless, it was a great start to the year. Leaps and bounds better than where I started from back in October. Sure, it would have been great to start 2024 with a PB, but there are now 12 days until my next ParkRun where I have no doubt I’ll smash it!
These GPS heat maps show areas where I have made gains. The 5K distance is two laps. Comparing today with my previous ParkRun on Saturday.
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Chalk Guy was back to bring in the new year…
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I’m away at a Jaguar event on Saturday, but I’ll be back to build on my progress on Saturday 13 January. In the meantime, here’s a few pics I snapped as I walked back to the car.
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