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parkrun PB 17:08!

Well this was a bit more of a step forward and is the performance I was looking for, ideally 9 seconds quicker would have been perfect but I still can't quite believe the streak I am on at the moment.



This is a run I was really happy with. I set off at a solid pace and let the other 3 out front go off into the distance. Chris dropped slightly off the back of the other 2 and I had reeled him in by about 1.5k. By 5k I caught and passed Fin and Stuart but I know they are class runners and Fin was just using us to shelter from the wind. 

I pushed hard after the turn around point, as per my visualisations, and knew Chris couldn't stick with the pace. Until last week I hadn't really beaten Chris when we were both trying and last week I ran the kick out of him and this week dropped him completely. At about 3k Fin kicked for home and I knew I couldn't go with him. I stuck with Stuart until 4.5k and then fought to stay as close to him as I could. It is actually the fastest he has run in a long time and his 2nd fastest ever parkrun, so to make him run that to stay in front was great. 

The support afterwards was amazing and then I went back to pace the wife in to her best time in over 6 years. Not sure what made that 12 second difference this morning, I was feeling really naff mid week and bought and ate some liver and have felt awesome since. Might have to get me some more and so a post on why liver is the real superfood. 

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