Hi all!
Welcome to my #running blog! Sunday early morning’s are my favorite time to run a longer distance. For today I envisioned to run roughly 25 - 30 km at a lower zone 3 pace. The run today was fun, but also turned out to be a bigger challenge than I expected as some of the blisters from last weeks trail opened halfway during the run. While I did manage to continue the run and finish the 25 km - It was quite difficult also because I tried a new route that was shorter than I expected - so while my feet where hurting I needed to add a few extra loops (+5km) while I was already close to house.
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I tried a new route today, running alongside Rotterdam Airport and parallel to the highway Rotterdam <=> The Hague. Actually having to cross the highway at one point. Luckely it was quite early and no one was around.
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The route was interesting as you had the highway on your left hand and some nature on the right. But after 12km I had enough of it and wanted to run in a greener area again. While I didn’t enjoy the view as I normally do - it was a very good route for attempting a PR on the 5km as it was both flat aswell there was only one turn in the entire route. So I will try this part some other time again!
After feeling the blisters playing up, I slowed down a little, where I did the first 12km around 4:45 min / km, I varied between 5:00 - 5:30 / km in the second half. While I wasn’t going to cut any corners I did pick a route for the last 7.5 km that I can run with my eyes closed. Unpaved high grass where there is plenty distractions from little pains
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Closed the week with 56 km total.
Happy running
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