I mentioned in that post that I thought Barnstaple would be fast and mentioned getting a 20.xx time. Unfortunately, I was some way off of getting this time but I did manage a PB of 21:29. It was only a 3-second PB, but it still counts. It's interesting though as I genuinely though that Barnstaple would be significantly quicker than Killerton but it turns out I was wrong.
The splits were:
1 6:39.3
2 6:48.8
3 7:01.2
3.14 1:00.2 (Avg Pace: 7:04), with an overall average pace of 6:49.
Disappointingly, you can see that my second and third miles were significantly slower than the first mile, so there is something to work on there. I would definitely do the Barnstaple parkrun again though, and I hope to keep chipping away at my time to see if can get that elusive 20.xx time. To do that, I need to average around 06:45 for the 5K, although Barnstaple was very slightly long (according to my Garmin) which could be a slight issue for me.
Moving on to this week, I have got a slightly unusual week planned. I am marshalling at a club event (the Haytor Heller) on Saturday and there is a "reccie run" on Wednesday which I am attending also, so I'll be doing 6-7 miles around Dartmoor on Wednesday evening. It should be good, but I expect it's going to be quite hot and I don't love the off road stuff. A fellow member owns a hotel near Haytor so we'll be going back to there for some food afterwards.
Other than that, I have the usual mix of sessions planned with an 18 miler planned for the weekend. We'll see how that goes, as I haven't really been enjoying this warmer weather from a running point of view.
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