A slightly better week than last week, 3 runs, would have preferred 4.. but I'll take the 3. The runs I did were fairly good and I did my first double digit run of half marathon training and of this year! Only 5 weeks left of training too!

WEEK TEN TRAINING
MONDAY
Activity: Run | Distance: 1.50 miles | Time: 13:23 | Pace: 8:57 min/mi
Activity: Run | Distance: 0.37 miles | Time: 3:57 | Pace: 10:47 min/mi
Activity: Run | Distance: 1.17 miles | Time: 12:09 | Pace: 10:23 min/mi
Activity: Run | Distance: 0.37 miles | Time: 3:48 | Pace: 10:10 min/mi

Got a thing for leaving things a little too late recently which means queue a huge panic to get out of the door and to the station.. On the one hand... it is pretty.. handy, in that I can kinda class this as a speed session as it entails a lot of sprints followed by some jogs where I'm incredibly out of breath ;)
It does make it sort of fun too. On the other hand though.. it's really annoying when I actually do miss the train as its a wait in the cold! Thankfully, I made this one on time!

The run commute back kinda sucked and i stopped early to walk, I just wasn't feeling it.

TUESDAY & THURSDAY
WEDNESDAY
Activity: Run | Distance: 1.52 miles | Time: 14:29 | Pace: 9:32 min/mi
Activity: Run | Distance: 0.35 miles | Time: 3:55 | Pace: 11:10 min/mi
Activity: Run | Distance: 1.47 miles | Time: 15:47 | Pace: 10:43 min/mi
Activity: Run | Distance: 0.39 miles | Time: 3:58 | Pace: 10:11 min/mi
Another not so speedy run commute because of the wind! I actually almost missed the train this time round. Luckily there was a lovely conductor lady who let me through the driver section after the doors close.

Note to self: Get your sh*t together and set off a bit later.. you can still sprint.. but don't leave it too late to the point where you miss the train.

The run commute home sucked big time. I reckon Im packing too much into my run commute bag and the weight is really making me struggle.. I need to consider leaving a change of clothes at work the day before on my cycle commute so I dont have the extra weight.

SUNDAY
Activity: Run | Distance: 10 miles | Time: 1:41:10 | Pace: 10:07 min/mi

The plan was double digits and that's exactly what I did! We planned to do the route we planned 2 weeks ago that got smushed due to road closure.. turns out it's quite a good route. Unfortunately, the first half of the run was in some horrible wind out on open roads which was horrible and felt like it was zapping all my energy.. just when I thought we got rid of the wind.. came the beastly hill that I'd been told about on this route. Beastly is not the word I would call it it was absolutely horrendous and I needed to stop for a breather twice to get to the top. It was about .6 mile long.. but probably more like a mile with the slight incline beforehand.
After we got to the top, it was fairly flat followed by some downhill back towards stamford.. it was also unseasonably hot out! I had a long sleeved top and shorts and I was boiling! I'd have been more than happy with a t-shirt!

Pace was great.. I definitely need to learn to slow down for my long runs but its very hard when I have Phillip running with me as he is running extra slow to keep at my pace. With that said.. my pace is not too far off what I'd like for the half marathon so I was pleased with how it went and was feeling relatively OK when I got back to the house. In in all a great run and I'd definitely do that route again.. maybe I'll make it an aim to run up the monster of a hill without stopping!

Question: Is the lighter evenings making you excited or do you not mind the dark?