Parkrun du Bois de Boulogne 2nd 17:14

Parkrun this morning. Weather very warm, humid, some wind. I had a kid to chase today:-) He put on a small gap in the first 200m and I chased him the whole way. He was quicker on the down sections, me on the three climbs. Glanced at my splits on route, I knew I was having a good one, a consistent 2-3 seconds/km up on last week. Final kilometre 5 seconds up in response to the kid who ran 17:05. Splits: 3:24,3:24,3:37,3:30,3:19. Splits last week: 3:27,3:26,3:39,3:33,3:24 [17:30]. Splits from September 2018: 3:19,3:20,3:32,3:20,3:27 [16:59]. Put a pair of racing shoes on and I'm still behind pre-World Champs form last year, but not much. What I did on track this week closed the gap.

All up 17km this morning, 120km for the week. A heatwave is building over France this week. I'll have to set the alarm to get the running in. Temperatures around mid-high 30s with 40 degrees in Paris on Thursday. Running plan may need some modification.

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