Wood Lane 2 Mile
Conditions: Mild, Dry
Date: 17th June 2007
Run Type: Tempo
Notes: I decided to treat this run as a one mile warm up for the out leg, followed by some stretching before a mile of effort for the return leg. Whenever I decided to treat the first mile as a steady warm up I always look at my watch as I pass the mile marker and see a respectable time. It is reasons like this that still make me wonder how I managed to go out so conservatively in Edinburgh.
Having crossed the mile marker and completed the subsequent stretching I decided to really go for it for the return leg. The first half mile was ok and I was running well and the thought of a potential PB was at the back of my mind. This however all went wrong as I hit the long steady climb up towards Dobholes Lane. Now this is barely a hill but when you have pushed so hard in the early stages it felt like a mountain. I felt my legs tiring very quickly and breathing became very hard, that hard in fact that I had to slow right off and abort my attempt to run a new PB for the mile.
I still crossed the finish line in under 8 minutes so in all I was relatively happy with the run. I was not too disappointed that I had to pull out, however based on my time, if I had kept going I would have easily broke that 7 minute barrier.
Run time: 15.20
Pace: 7.40 / mile
Days to New York Marathon: 139
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