Morning Run: parkrun 66 at Henlow Bridge Lakes

steevc just finished a 5.04km run, that lasted for 26 minutes.
This run helped steevc burn 327.0 calories.

Description from Strava:
I missed parkrun last week as I was travelling to Scotland, but I was back today. There was the usual call for volunteers early in the week, but they seemed to find enough. I will do it again soon. It has been fairly wet lately, so the course may start getting muddy again soon, but was not too bad today.

I did my usual jog there, but walked some of it. My friend Graeme came past me as I crossed the railway bridge. At the start they had a minute's silence for the Queen and then we were off.

I was not really thinking too much about my pace, but I was happy to do the first couple of kilometres at 5:05 pace. I got a little slower after that, but I would expect that. I was really struggling by the last kilometre, but just kept running and pushed a little harder for the final straight. I came in just under 26 minutes, which is the first time in a while I have been that quick. I was just ahead of Graeme. He usually beats me with a quicker sprint at the end.

I was very happy with my time. I have been quicker, but I am improving after losing some speed this year. I just need to keep up the training runs.

I have just entered the Standalone 10k that takes place in 2 weeks. I was not sure if I was going to take part, but it is a fun race on the roads near here.

Run free!

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About the Athlete: Older guy trying to keep fit, but still hope to go quicker.

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