First Run in Canberra

So yesterday was my first day in Canberra and I managed to get out and do my first run in what I call freezing temperatures. The top temperature was 10 degrees and didn't that make it quite an experience. I even had to buy a pair of running gloves to make it more bearable.

I only had to run 10km but I struggled for the most part of it because of the cold. My sister lives in fairly hilly neighbourhood so this made finding my rhythm a lot harder as I was always ascending and descending the hills. For the majority of the run I was running around 5 minutes per kilometre until around the 7km mark where I started to find my legs and I started to run under 4:30/km.

It felt like one of the hardest run that I’ve ever done and I put that down to the cold. My hands were cold, my feet were cold and my face was cold. After taking a long time to warm up I finally got through the run and started to find my legs. I think that training down here is going to give me an advantage for when I go to Toowoomba this month. The next week is full of running and I know it’s going to be tough, but definitely worth it.