It was a beautiful bright, sunny day but fweezin cold outside, so I was glad that I was inside on the machine this morning.
There are days when the miles just whir past effortlessly, but this was not one of them… in fact, each quarter mile felt like a whole one and since there were 40 in total, it seemed to take an age.
Nevertheless, the run was in my schedule so I got on and did my best. I started the belt at 7.6mph and focussed on not tweaking the tendon in my right hip/knee… not easy, but possible it appears.
At the 5 mile mark, which I reached in 39 minutes 38 seconds, I got off, had a quick slurp of water and increased the speed to 7.7mph. At the 7.5 mile mark I got off, opened the door to let some much-needed fresh air in, had another slurp of water and reset the machine to 7.8mph.
I completed 10 miles in 78 minutes 18 seconds, which is an average of 7.66mph overall and despite the increases in speed, my heart rate was still below 170 at the end.