Love Running

Threshold Run
4.5 miles in 30:56 (PB)
Route: DfES – Home 1

It’s Valentine’s Day, and with little else better to do (marathon training has destroyed my social life) I decided to turn tonight’s threshold run into an attempt at the ‘run home from work record’.

On 16 November 2005, I completed the distance from DfES to the end of my road in 44:45. On 24 October 2006 I set my current personal best at 34:20. Tonight I clocked myself at 30:56 – a massive 3 minutes 26 seconds faster than my previous best and nearly 14 minutes quicker than when I first started training! It’s amazing the difference some sustained, hard training can make!!

Don’t get me wrong, it wasn’t easy. I was pushing myself the whole way around and there’s still plenty of room for improvement. If I ran the entire London Marathon at this pace, I would still finish around 45 minutes behind Paula Radcliffe!

Still, I can’t be unhappy with that performance – which is more than a lot of guys will be able to say tonight.

Love and hugs to everyone who sponsored me so far - you’re all my valentines.

JDx