We had quite a productive day on Sunday. It started with my usual run and swim, but this week I did it in Aberystwyth as the pool in Machynlleth was being used for the Dyfi Dash. We had to be in Aberystwyth for 11:30am anyway for the Sport Relief Mile with the Scouts so the original plan was that I would drive in at 7am, do my usual run until the pool opened at 9am, I’d then swim for an hour or so. Anna and Morgan would then drive in and we’d all meet up for the Sport Relief Mile.<\/p>\n
This plan was dashed when I discovered that the MOT on my car had expired a month ago, putting my car out of action. I know it still goes, but now that I knew it had no MOT I\u00a0couldn’t really drive it on the road. So, I went into Aberystwyth in Anna’s car, hunted down a Strava Segment on my run and then went for a swim. I’m pleased to say that I did manage to get the Course Record on the Strava segment. It was on a steep but fairly short climb called “National Library Short-but-sharp Hill<\/a>” \u00a0which goes from the Cemetery in Aberystwyth up to the National Library. My previous best on this, having only ever run it a few times, was 2:13 but the course record was 1:49.<\/p>\n I was due to do 90 second hill reps today so this climb was a little long for that but I did my first 4 hill reps on it anyway and then did the next four at 90 seconds as planned. The first run up the hill was just to get a feel for it and my time was 2:03. I’d already beaten my record and was now in 3rd place on the leaderboard. Time for my 2nd effort and a proper stab at the Course Record. This time I went flat out and managed to complete it in 1:43. Hooray, a new Course Record, knocking 6 seconds off the previous best. This had finished me off though and my next efforts were only 2:10 and 2:13 respectively. It\u00a0was on with the run though and another 4 shorter hill reps before heading to the pool.<\/p>\n