Ambling Along

I’m ambling along in training, slowly building back up the fitness I left behind at the end of last season. This week we ran our long run on Good Friday. It was a rather uneventful 12k – peaceful, easy. As always, lovely to catch up with fellow runners! The best part of 12k is returning home and realizing you still have the whole morning stretching before you!
Distance: 11.82
Time: 1.13.34
Elevation: 103m
Average pace: 6.16min/km
It’s funny – I can’t believe I am calling a 12k run relaxing and pleasant, but it was! I look forward to the day when I can call a 20k+ run relaxing and pleasant. Despite my belief that the pace sped up towards the last few kms, I realize we kept a pretty consistent pace throughout the session. The km splits had the following paces:
6.27 / 6.22 / 6.35 / 6.11 / 6.10 / 6.28 / 6.08 / 5.57 / 6.16 / 6.28 / 6.01 / 6.05
Next week I begin moving up to the 16k runs. Eek! Time goes too quickly! 16k will be tough. And I’ll miss the days of 12k runs.