dogpossum

distance: 4.51 km, time: 00:40, pace: 08:52, calories: 519, effort: 4/5
The streets were really empty and it was strange running without an audience.
I feel really good, and I even managed to pick up my speed a bit in the last few minutes to get back to my starting place. Now I need to work on getting my time down – I do just under 1k walking to cool up and down, so I really need to get my running speed up to get to 5k in 30minutes.
cloudy

distance: 5.14 km, time: 00:40, pace: 07:46, calories: 519, effort: 4/5
Got to the end of the running part and literally groaned in disappointment. This is getting easier (and funner).
cloudy, overcast

distance: 5.09 km, time: 00:40, pace: 07:51, calories: 519, effort: 5/5
I had difficulty finding my rhythm in the first ten minutes or so, but it was fine after that. It was a bit challenging, but not as hard as wk8run3 was. I feel pretty good now.
hot, humid, overcast

distance: 5.29 km, time: 00:38, pace: 07:10, calories: 493, effort: 5/5
Much better today! I’ve broken the 5k mark, which is very exciting (time for a new goal, I think). The flatter route made all the difference. Imagine what it would be like running a route that was actually flat!
sunny

distance: 4.4 km, time: 00:38, pace: 08:38, calories: 493, effort: 5/5, feeling: not too good
Had to walk at about the 20min mark, then ran then had to walk, then ran, then finally just had to walk home. Woke up feeling tiiiired in my body and found the (quite hilly) new route really hard. Feel so rough after the run I suspect some sort of cold in my future. :(
But at least I got in 20mins of running and went the whole distance – I couldn’t have done that 3 weeks ago. I’ll repeat run2 of week8 next, then have another go at run3.
cloudy, hot