It was the last day of term today and despite getting drenched this morning walking the whole school down to church for an Easter Service I have had a good day!As soon as we finished school I went for a run! There was no time to mess as my daughter was coming home for Easter and needed picking up!
It was still raining but judging by the Easter forecast I will just need to get on with it whatever the weather throws at me! Just 3 weeks until my first tri of the season!
I set off determined to do around 6 miles! My legs were initially feeling heavy but I wasn't going to listen to them! As I ran (in the rain!) I started to feel better and my legs loosened up a little.
At around the 3 mile mark just when I was going up a hill I became aware of another runner in close proximity to me and I was determined he/she wasn't going to overtake me so I pushed harder!
About 5 minutes after reaching the top of the hill and just as I was recovering my breath this other runner pulled up alongside me. I thought he was going to zoom on by but he started talking saying "Thanks for pulling me up that hill! I was determined you weren't going to get away from me!".
I didn't admit to trying to get away from him!
However, he then ran with me until we got back into town and that made me maintain my pace! If I had been left to my own devices I definitely would have slowed!
I did a total of 7 miles at an average 8.45 minute mile pace!
What has amazed me is when I look at Strava "Fly By's" he had been following me right from the start but I never noticed - thankfully or I might have blown up completely!
Its good to have someone to push you on!
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