2 Mile PB

On Wednesday 13^th May I recorded a new PB for the strange distance of 2 miles.  

The Self Transcendence series of races held over the Summer months in Edinburgh’s park, The Meadows tests runners on a weekly basis over distances of 1 mile, 2 miles, and 5km. On Wednesday it was 2 miles.  My previous PB was 12:42 set last September and I hoped to beat that time, even though I knew it would be difficult.  My 1 mile time from a  few weeks back of 6:13 made my suppose that my 2 mile time would be round about the 12:42 mark.  I wasn’t wrong!

A relatively small number of runners got underway to start two laps of The Meadows.  I was slowed at the first left hand turn due to congestion and the tightness of the turn.  After this one slight delay, I was flat out as fast as my legs would carry me for the rest of the way.  There were some familiar faces around about me that I used as motivation and targets to catch and overhaul.  I didn’t do either to anyone but the effort of doing so pushed me on.   As my watch ticked over to 12 minutes, I could see the finish but I knew it was going to be tight.  I pushed hard and powered away from the guy next to me who I could tell was racing me to the finish.  A glance at my watch told me I had 11 seconds to go before a PB was gone and I knew it was going to be REALLY tight.  As I crossed the line I heard the time keeper say, “12:40” and I actually shouted, “Yes!” out loud.  I was pleased, very pleased that the gut wrenching effort of the last 400m had paid off.  Every PB is a good PB.    

Kata, Roli, Me at The Meadows After Running 2 Miles

So I start the Self Transcendence series with a time slightly better than the time I finished on last year.  I’ll take that and I’ll chip away at it over the Summer.