Congratulations! That's an awesome time to be slogging out there by yourself. A friend of one of my pals did a full marathon by herself last week as it was supposed to be race weekend for her, too. I don't think I would have had that in me! Cheers to many more runs ahead.
A race is different when you have all the runners and people cheering you on. My only inspiration was my watch. Still feels good to have done it.
Definitely makes a difference to have that crowd support! I decided to race against the clock yesterday for a mile time trial to see where I am. Got some work to do, but gives me a goal! :)
I think we need to keep pushing ourselves even if there are no races. We could all come back with new PBs after all this. I ought to try a mile some time. I have been doing a 5km to stand in for parkrun.