I haven't done the Highbury Fields Park Run for a while (not since January according to my Park Run profile) so thought today would be as good a day as any to do a shorter, faster run than I have been used to doing lately.
The weather was bright and sunny this morning, the ground was a bit damp from previous rain but as we were mostly running on tarmac this didn't matter. 5 laps of Highbury Fields from the start. I half jogged and half walked the way there, and then did some stretches to prepare myself. I well remember how the first time I ran this in March 2013 I injured myself from not preparing and running too hard, so I have made sure to avoid this since.
Today's run was a little frustrating in that I picked up a stitch mid way through lap 4. I worried about whether or not I should carry on, but as the run was fairly short and it didn't seem to be getting any worse I carried on through to the finish. The stitch did not last long afterwards, but I'd not eaten anything beforehand and only drank some water while stretching so I don't know where it could have come from.
As it happened my time of 24'45'' was just three seconds off my personal best. Who knows what I could have achieved without the stitch!
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