After how much I enjoyed the Pride Run, I decided to start running regularly with my running club, The London Frontrunners, again. I hadn't run with them for a while because I wanted to get back up to the distance where I felt comfortable running with them, and also because if I run with them I'll usually go to the pub afterwards, which is always enjoyable but is not so good when I'm trying to save money! However now that I feel able to run for longer distances again I realised that I missed the companionshop and camaraderie of running with a group of friends, and also the psychological boost this gives when I'm finding training a bit difficult.
Today I ran with Connor and we chatted all the way round, so it wasn't exactly a strenuous pace. I wanted to complete the longer distance and wasn't really aiming to do it in a particular time (I only realised afterwards that this run was actually longer than the 10k I did on Saturday!). The weather was dry, if a little overcast, and although it had rained a lot during the day it stayed dry during our run. Although it was a longer distance than I had run in a long time, I felt good for doing it - my stretching and preparation before and after helped me to feel agile and supple and I didn't ache too much afterwards. All in all a good training session - and the pub afterwards was very enjoyable too!
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