12-12-2010, 10:50 AM
Hi TheEd,
40:22 for today's 10k. Unfortunately I don't have any hr info for you....
1st 5k: 19:42
2nd 5k: 20:40
Set off at low 3:50's, with the hope of reaching halfway point in good shape. Unfortunately never really settled into a good rhythm. My 6th k slowed to 3:58 and things went further downhill from there.
I'm not putting up any excuses, but there was a strong headwind and with our trip back home (flying tomorrow) I probably wasn't too interested in racing anyways. Once I knew it wasn't my day, the little bit of motivation I had evaporated.
In regards to my plans now, there are no races (that I can find) in Ireland over Christmas, so I am planning to just get back into the 3 week cycles. there is a charity mile event on Christmas morning, I will look to get along to that for fun. That leaves a Triathlon on 6th Feb back in Melbourne. I was thinking a 3 week build up phase after that to prepare for the Autumn races out here in April/May. Does this sound ok?
We arrive in Dublin on Tuesday, so I was planning on doing a couple of easy runs to acclimatise and moving the 2k session to Friday.
As always, thanks for your wise advice.
N
40:22 for today's 10k. Unfortunately I don't have any hr info for you....
1st 5k: 19:42
2nd 5k: 20:40
Set off at low 3:50's, with the hope of reaching halfway point in good shape. Unfortunately never really settled into a good rhythm. My 6th k slowed to 3:58 and things went further downhill from there.
I'm not putting up any excuses, but there was a strong headwind and with our trip back home (flying tomorrow) I probably wasn't too interested in racing anyways. Once I knew it wasn't my day, the little bit of motivation I had evaporated.
In regards to my plans now, there are no races (that I can find) in Ireland over Christmas, so I am planning to just get back into the 3 week cycles. there is a charity mile event on Christmas morning, I will look to get along to that for fun. That leaves a Triathlon on 6th Feb back in Melbourne. I was thinking a 3 week build up phase after that to prepare for the Autumn races out here in April/May. Does this sound ok?
We arrive in Dublin on Tuesday, so I was planning on doing a couple of easy runs to acclimatise and moving the 2k session to Friday.
As always, thanks for your wise advice.
N