{"id":368,"date":"2019-02-27T21:08:05","date_gmt":"2019-02-27T21:08:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/itsafrogslife.net\/grahamruns\/?p=368"},"modified":"2019-02-28T10:23:28","modified_gmt":"2019-02-28T10:23:28","slug":"5k-a-day-58-365-manchester-universities-5k-with-a-new-pb-2059","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itsafrogslife.net\/grahamruns\/2019\/02\/27\/5k-a-day-58-365-manchester-universities-5k-with-a-new-pb-2059\/","title":{"rendered":"5k-a-day 58\/365 &#8211; Manchester Universities 5k with a new PB 20:59!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Wednesday 27th February 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Distance:\u00a0 8.7k<\/strong><\/li><li>Total to date: 405.9k<\/li><li>Rolling target: 290k<\/li><li>Ahead of target: 115.9k<\/li><li>Distance remaining: 1419.1k<\/li><li>Days remaining: 307<\/li><li><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Today was the Manchester Universities 2k &amp; 5k event organised to help raise the profile of the Great Manchester Run in May and to encourage people to start training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It took place in Platt Fields Park on a flat course of two laps. I was overtaken on the second lap by my Library colleague Ciaran. I was determined not to let him get too far ahead of me so I picked up my pace to keep up with him. I overtook him on the final stretch and crossed the line with a 5k PB of 20:59!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve been aiming for a sub 21:00 5k since I got my current parkrun PB of 21:19 in June 2018 but haven&#8217;t managed to get anywhere near it, so was chuffed to bits with today&#8217;s time. All I need to do now is to replicate it at a parkrun and get it officially timed! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Day 58\/365 running 5k-a-day in 2019 for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ARUKnews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ARUKnews<\/a> &#8211; Manchester Universities 5k with a new PB 20:59!!!<br><br>Check out my run on Strava:<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bkXrFwlGt7\">https:\/\/t.co\/bkXrFwlGt7<\/a><br><br>Donate online:<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RjJZfD9R6K\">https:\/\/t.co\/RjJZfD9R6K<\/a><br><br>Follow my progress:<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/L7B1MZvQFh\">https:\/\/t.co\/L7B1MZvQFh<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DI7naR1Upp\">pic.twitter.com\/DI7naR1Upp<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Graham Holland \u5c0f\u5149\u982d \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddfa (@itsafrogslife) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/itsafrogslife\/status\/1100778235716161537?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 27, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<iframe height='405' width='590' frameborder='0' allowtransparency='true' scrolling='no' src='https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/2179118710\/embed\/b52293360b395ec090aba243fdfe8b5103846bdd'><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<iframe height='405' width='590' frameborder='0' allowtransparency='true' scrolling='no' src='https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/2178973560\/embed\/b17cd9f70293496143e44ba6961de76fc2cc93f7'><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<iframe height='405' width='590' frameborder='0' allowtransparency='true' scrolling='no' src='https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/2179146063\/embed\/485c73d1daa02230399bb7e7f80839f1f91c5484'><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Help me reach my fundraising target for Alzheimer&#8217;s Research UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justgiving.com\/fundraising\/grahamruns5kaday\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"370\" height=\"156\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/itsafrogslife.net\/grahamruns\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/justgiving-donate.png?resize=370%2C156&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-101\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/itsafrogslife.net\/grahamruns\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/justgiving-donate.png?w=370&amp;ssl=1 370w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/itsafrogslife.net\/grahamruns\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/justgiving-donate.png?resize=300%2C126&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 370px) 100vw, 370px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Graham runs 5k-a-day<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday 27th February 2019 Distance:\u00a0 8.7k Total to date: 405.9k Rolling target: 290k Ahead of target: 115.9k Distance remaining: 1419.1k Days remaining: 307 Today was the Manchester Universities 2k &amp; 5k event organised to help raise the profile of the Great Manchester Run in May and to encourage people to start training. 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