#29 – 50 runs in 100 days – No excuses edition

Yesterday afternoon I felt sore in my throat which was odd so I decided not to run my 5K run that was planned for Friday evening, instead stay home, keep myself warm and get to bed early and hope for the best. 9 out of 10 times it has worked.

The plan today was to get up in the morning and run Lund Runt, a city run around 28K.

When I woke up at 7.30 my throat was just fine so I decided to run what was planned.

Last time I ran this route I realized there were still some parts to correct and this time I had decided I would run the original run except where there is construction work.

The temperature was 8oC (46F) and grey but no rain 🙂

So clothes were long sleeve and windstopper, compression tights and regular running shoes, 2×250 ml bottles with water.

I am not really a morning runner but sometimes it has its advantages. Not many runners are out at this time in the morning but a lot of walkers and dog walkers.

The first correction was at Nova (the shopping mall) where I have realized I have to stay on the left side of the car road.

Last time I realized that the route was continuing in the sheep pasture, had to run back and into the pasture last time but this time I knew that 🙂

Then at Tetra Pak we have to cross the car road over to a bike/walk path where I had crossed the car road at the wrong place Before but this time I made it 🙂

Now I started to get bored and part of me wanted to quit but the stronger me decided to continue and try to get the spirit back.

At Råby I passed Brödlabbet and waved at Caroline but she didn’t see me.

I started to feel a bit pain in my right knee and I decided to walk when I had run around 20K for 1K to try to get the pain away and then run the rest of the run and it worked.

It was a bit tough today but I had to run these 27K because my first ultra race is getting closer and if I cannot handle the distance now the question is if I am going to run the race or not and that is a question I have to think about anyway. This commuting and my 2 week cold has not worked in my direction.

When I got to Ladugårdsmarken I saw another CKR runner, she had a CKR buff on and we said hi, now home was getting closer 🙂

It is interesting how your mind works. I am slower before breakfast and I am accepting it but then I passed two other runners who was a bit slower than me and for a short moment I felt that I was really fast 🙂 even if I was slow.

Finally I was home and it was nice to eat some breakfast after that.

Distance: 27.22K, time: 3.02.42, average heart beat: 146, average pace: 6.42 min/k, max pace: 5.24 min/k, cadence: 174, VO2 Max: 37 ml/kg/min