\n<\/strong>This was the final day of long weekend in Brugge with the girls, Monday’s 6k tempo run at dusk took me through the Christmas markets. Very festive.
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<\/a><\/p>\nTuesday: Brussels<\/span> Wednesday: Battersea<\/span> Thursday: Westminster<\/span> Friday: Greenwich<\/span> Saturday: Battersea Park<\/span>
\n<\/strong>In Brussels to visit the European Commission for work, I headed out for an easy 5k<\/strong><\/a> morning run in a nearby park, heading towards the impressive gate in the distance. The benches in the park were useful for fartlek training.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>This morning’s run was a warm up jog along The Thames near home, followed by 10 hill sprints up a nearby incline. Love this little corner of London, there’s something magic about it before anyone else is awake.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Back in the office and out for my usual lunchtime loop. So many of us have sedentary office jobs and I find a run over the lunch hour energises the afternoon. I treat this 6k as a decent tempo run and – crowds withstanding – try get round in 28 minutes. No matter how many times I do it (literally hundreds now), I never get tired of running along The Thames past the London Eye and Houses of Parliament. Iconic London.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>I’d stayed with family overnight and couldn’t miss the chance for an early morning run in beautiful Greenwich Park. Unfortunately even at 7am it was very dark – and mystical – so I stuck mostly to the roads around the outside. This run was 4k with some decent hills.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Race day! This was my first 10k since deciding to make the distance my new focus<\/a>. The event – a Sri Chimnoy Self Transendence race – looped four times around my favourite park, looking gorgeous in autumn colours. My time – 46 minutes on the dot – has given me a benchmark for future Run Through 10k races<\/strong><\/a>. Bring them on!<\/p>\n