Day 41 - Lead Legs Day

Today was a physical struggle and my legs felt like lead the whole way round even before the first corner.

I stopped 3 times, the usual steep part, the end of Watling/start of Mt Eden and then the start of St L's. Yet despite that made under 9 minutes, something I struggled to do a few weeks ago when under nine minutes seemed like a long way away.

Ran late into the sun but the pain and heaviness in calves and thighs made the sun a secondary concern and of little note.

I wanted to cut short and come home through the park but I pushed through the mental barrier and ran the rest of the street and made it around the whole.

May try varying the route to run south along Mt Eden towards Three Kings as once the initial hill is done, is flat the rest of the way and of course downhill on the way back.

Distance: 1.63 km
Time: 8:44
Average Speed: 11.2 kph
Soundtrack: INXS and Duran Duran