I ran my first 5K of the year last night. The only other one was 14 months ago in September 2016. Last night's effort was a good 7 minutes faster than that. What's more, while last year I had got completely exhausted after the run, last night I was feeling pretty strong. I could have gone on for another km or more. But then I didn't want to risk an injury by jumping straight from 4K to 6 or 7K.
Of course the weather was fantastic last evening. After Wednesday's day long untimely rain, Thursday was a lot cooler. It didn't rain but the sky was overcast. It was mildly breezy also. Perfect weather for a Calcuttan. Neither too cold, nor too hot. I didn't feel the humidity also.
Last year's 5K was run in humid September.
I had been running 4K for a couple of weeks and last night just felt like going for the 5K. Significantly, my 5th kilometer was faster than the 4th by 20 seconds. This shows I was feeling pretty strong towards the end.
My aim is to stick to this distance for a couple of weeks and then go for 6K where I intend to stay for another week or so before pushing to 7k. Before the end of winter I want to be able to do 10k.
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