LSR around Hampstead and through Finsbury and Victoria Parks

Longest ever run! I’m conscious I haven’t done much hill running having done much of my running over the past month in Worcester. So I deliberately included a loop around Hampstead Heath which includes two big hills before the gentle decent down through Finsbury Park. Felt a bit tougher than I’d have liked but legs felt pretty good and slight knee niggle from last nights run seems to have gone. Few more of these should really set me up well for the Bristol HM.

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Tempo run home (3.6m @ 7:39 pace)

Felt pretty tired all week after a busy weekend, so wasn’t sure whether to run this as an easy or tempo run. Decided to head out and see how I felt, managed 7:39 pace before I hit the hills, despite a bit of a headwind. Happy enough with that.

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