8.25km

Went out today with the intention of just a “regular” 5K run but started on a different route. By partway through said different route, I decided that I’d continue in this direction and do a big “loop” around to end up back where I started, instead of just turning around and going back when I got to 2.5km. I was curious to see exactly how long said “loop” was and if it was close to the elusive 10K.

As it happens, not that far off. Door to… uh… same door, it was 8.25km. It took slightly longer than it probably would have done usually due to the fact that for several kilometres I was running directly into a headwind so strong it was making my eyes water and my forward progress roughly the same speed as a normal person sauntering along a non-windy road. But tempting as it was to turn back, or possibly collapse to the ground and sleep for a little while, I persisted.

It was just starting to get a bit difficult to keep going by the time I hit about 7.5km, so there’s still some training needed before 10K will be comfortably doable. But yay progress.