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PB Hatrick

It has been a good month for me. A hatrick of parkrun PBs has seen my time fall from 18:48 to 18:27. This was followed by a new one mile PB of 5:38, fifteen seconds faster than my previous best time. In between I also managed a Daventry parkrun PB of 19:09 beating the 19:57 I set at the inaugural event. I also managed to join the 100 club on June 7th. parkrun results Where has this sudden spurt come from? What have I been doing to find the extra seconds after months of treading water? The honest answer is I'm not sure. I haven't made any major changes to my routine or added any new techniques. As I pondered the reason for the progress I have seen I came up with five things that may have helped. Rest. After five months of 100 miles a month marathon training I decided to have a few extra rest days. This meant that I only ran on Monday and Saturday giving my body plenty of time to recharge and recuperate.  Press ups. Since the New Year I have been doing a minimum of 100 pr