It was ten years to the day that I went on my first run. Strange to think that I only started running at 67.Alison took me down the canal path to try some short intervals on the 16th February 2012. I first ran in a pair of trail shoes until I bought these, my first pair of running shoes, all as my post of 13th March 2012.
My next running shoes were Asics GT 1000 and I have stuck with this brand ever since. These are my latest in a vile lime zest and black. But they were cheap.
My running pace has come down over the years. My best ever pace for parkrun was 8.21 on 25th October 2014. In 2016 I ran 8.24, in 2017 it was 8.28, in 2018 it was down to 8.40 and in 2019 it was 8.43. In 2020 without parkrun I managed a 9.08 in August. In 2021 with parkrun back, I ran a 9.21 pace and this year it is down to 9.28. So one minute per mile slower than five years ago, so an average 12 seconds per mile slower each year. That translates to just over 3 minutes slower for Parkrun. Then I wrote about Age Grade on 9th April 2019.
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