Still waiting for the official time to come through but I was somewhere around 17:30, which would be my joint 5th/6th fastest time ever. No excuses really for being nearly 20 seconds down on last week, that being said if I had I did have some good reasons for a slower time:
1) I did not sleep well the last 3 nights, last night was especially bad and I had been awake since 3am.
2) I had a slightly dodgy gut last night, might be the cause of the bad sleep. I think I shouldn't have taken the magnesium that I did.
3) I did run hard up a 1km hill, one that is very steep, on Monday, maybe I hadn't fully recovered.
4) Whilst I didn't think it was too bad the forecast was for 20 mile per hour wind with gusts up to 40.
Whilst I felt good I do think the above all came into play, that being said I think this was a good run and look forward to seeing the Run Britain rankings as.
1) I paced myself well and flew along the 2km again.
2) I beat someone who usually is close to me by 30 seconds.
3) I beat someone who I have never finished in front of before, last week he was inside my PB.
So overall it was a good run, with a decent time but not quite what I was hoping for. Had my breakfast and wondering when to tackle that steep hill again... Maybe this afternoon?
