Mr competitive

Tonight I intended to run a slow 6 (anywhere between 7m 30s and 8m 00s / mile). To be honest, I was pretty bored. I find it frustrating running at that kind of pace. So when a serious looking runner joined the circuit around the park and just sat a couple of yards ahead of me at almost exactly the same pace, I decided I'd had enough and stepped it up a gear. Miles 3 and 4 were perhaps just below target marathon pace, then I slowed down again for the last two miles. The whole 6 miles took me 45m 49s. I felt fresh - barely even broke a sweat ;-) I also wore my heart rate monitor: my average HR was 155 bpm, so I have at least another 30 bpm to play with at the half marathon on Sunday. I'll rest between now and then. Race report to follow - woo hoo!