A testing, hilly 10km run around the local streets yesterday proved unexpectedly fast. I had set out with no real thought about speed, and just wanting to cover "7 or 8" reasonably undulating kilometres. Instead, I ran 10.1 km in just under 62 minutes - very fast for me, especially considering I had no intention of a quick run and was really just seeking out some new climbs.
This is not too far short of what I ran in the Lindfield 10km race last month (59:45) on a similarly hilly course. This makes me now wonder that if I can run 6:08/km on a standard training run on a hilly course, then perhaps I can get close to that 2-hour mark or even under in the coming (flat) half marathon? Tempting, to say the least.
Let's see how we get on, shall we?
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