What's your secret?
I posted my second PB in three weeks up on Facebook this morning, which means I also ran a PB this morning. At which point I was asked what my secret is... Three minutes off my 10 mile run is not insignificant, 12s a kilometre may not sound a lot to non-runners it is. For me, it was the first time I've averaged under 7min a KM for 10 miles, its faster than I ran in that glorious period of running up to the London Marathon two years ago. Hell, it's only the fourth time I've gone under two hours. It was also the morning after an almost five mile run, in the dark, where I didn't do bad - 57min. So, in the grand tradition its time to split the infinitive and boldly go into that odd mode I'm surprisingly good at... Analysis Mr Spock Three minutes is not insignificant, which suggests that something significant is different. 1) Route - my training for London was flat, one hill to go down at the end, and one to come back at the end. Short sharp hills (for th...