Two nice runs

Posted on May 20th, 2008 by AndrewE

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I neglected to mention it in the post that I did on Sunday but I did a quick 7Km loop around my neighbourhood. It was a good run and I enjoyed it.

Today I had to work from home as my brand new dishwasher has broken down for the 3rd time in the last three months and the repairman could only come in today. I was surprisingly productive and got everything I wanted to do done relatively early so I went for a nice 10K run after lunch.

It was a pretty uneventful run but I enjoyed it. Uphill in the start, then a nice long downhill and then relatively flat for most of the middle and a short uphill bit at the end that is a bit of a killer.

It’s quite nice that I’ve reached the point where I can be relatively blase about a 10K run.

Overall I did 10.35 km in 1:03:57.

I’ve got two more 5K races (the next one this weekend!) then a 10K race. At this stage I think aiming for a goal of under 1 hour for the 10 K race is not unreasonable.

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13 Responses to “Two nice runs”

Sally // May 20, 2008 at 8:27 pm

Good job! Next year, you can run in the “Round the Bays” event easily.

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MizFit // May 20, 2008 at 9:26 pm

blase & 10k two words I DO hope to use in the same sentence (in reference to myself :)) some day….

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Diana the Scale Junkie // May 20, 2008 at 11:06 pm

WOW!! That looks like such a scenic run. Great job!

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Nancy // May 20, 2008 at 11:11 pm

What a great run!

don’t I know about the dishwasher. I bought my house a year and a half ago, and the sellers re-did the kitchen. In doing so, they installed an 18 inch dishwasher. Even for just me it’s too small. It has already broken, and I’m not spending 500 dollars to replace it. It will become a storage bin for my dishdrainer when it’s not in use. Then I’ll redo the kitchen the right way one day!

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Tom - StandOutBlogger.com // May 21, 2008 at 12:15 am

Nice course, looks like a similar type of run I used to take before I got lazy
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Deborah // May 21, 2008 at 12:31 am

Sounds like a good goal to me. Keep up the good work.

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John Kaiser // May 21, 2008 at 12:35 am

Congrats. I look forward to getting back on the road once I beat this sinus infection.

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Beth // May 21, 2008 at 2:55 am

That’s great! Out of curiosity, how long after you started working out did you do your first race?

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AndrewE reply on May 21st, 2008 6:06 am:
I started Couch to 5K in mid January this year and my first race was at the end of March.

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Nico // May 21, 2008 at 9:02 am

Nice run andrew!

If you don’t mind taking a look at my blog, I’ve tagged you to post your own 6 Word Memoir!

http://www.prohealthblog.com/healthy-ramblings/your-body-is-your-temple.html

It’s a new thing going around the blogosphere, if you haven’t already be tagged by somebody, I’d really suggest you join this gig =)

Of course it remains your choice!!

Either way, I wish you good luck with your next race!

Greetings,

Nico

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AndrewE reply on May 21st, 2008 7:45 pm:
I’ll give it a go.

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Blubba // May 21, 2008 at 5:11 pm

Wow. Your runs (and your recent pictures) are awesome! Keep on inspiring!

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AndrewE reply on May 21st, 2008 7:50 pm:
Thanks Blubba.

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