07-06-2015, 09:19 PM
Well, what a morning! to be honest, i can't say I was feeling tiptop this morning but can't get out of bed on the right side everyday! Had breakfast a little too late which came back to haunt me a bit during the race but more on that later.
Weather was warm with little breeze, too warm for my liking but I can't control that. The race itself was ok, I started well but ran too hard for too long. That nearly cost me and will definately go down to experience. Took water at 5km which was ise cold. Bad idea, nearly choked on it and was a bit shocked when I poured it over myself to help me cool down hahaha! Struggle to fend off a stitch between km 6 to 8, reflected in splits below. should have had breakfast eaten before 8am as race started at 10am but was about 0820am when i finished my porridge this morning. My target was 43mins as previously stated, here are the splits:
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Around Km 7-9 was a real struggle and was on the verge of giving up at one point. As well as the stitch, I had to slow nearly to a stop because an impatient driver decided not to wait any more and pulled out of a side street in front of me despite the road being closed. Found something I didn't think I had left in the last km and finished with a nice 150m sprint, still accelerating through the finish line at 17.5km per hour! My official times are slower. the clock as I crossed finish line said 42.48, chip clocked at 42.56 which I have taken as my PB time and race time was 42.56, managed to get up front at start!
Very pleased to hit target. LOTS LEARNED. On to the next one, an 8KM race on Friday 19th June. Not enough time to fit a full cycle in.. Recovery run tomorrow for sure haha! Not sure how to plan and build up to next race?
08/06/2015 45min easy
09/06/2015 REST
10/06/2015 4 x 2km R90 @ 4.15mpk
11/06/2015 50 easy
12/06/2015 rest
13/06/2015 5km paced time trial
14/06/2015 60 easy
15/06/2015 45 easy
16/06/2015 3 x 5MIN @ 4.10mpk 1min easys
17/06/2015 30 easy
18/06/2015 rest
19/06/2015 race
How does that look TheEd?
Weather was warm with little breeze, too warm for my liking but I can't control that. The race itself was ok, I started well but ran too hard for too long. That nearly cost me and will definately go down to experience. Took water at 5km which was ise cold. Bad idea, nearly choked on it and was a bit shocked when I poured it over myself to help me cool down hahaha! Struggle to fend off a stitch between km 6 to 8, reflected in splits below. should have had breakfast eaten before 8am as race started at 10am but was about 0820am when i finished my porridge this morning. My target was 43mins as previously stated, here are the splits:
Around Km 7-9 was a real struggle and was on the verge of giving up at one point. As well as the stitch, I had to slow nearly to a stop because an impatient driver decided not to wait any more and pulled out of a side street in front of me despite the road being closed. Found something I didn't think I had left in the last km and finished with a nice 150m sprint, still accelerating through the finish line at 17.5km per hour! My official times are slower. the clock as I crossed finish line said 42.48, chip clocked at 42.56 which I have taken as my PB time and race time was 42.56, managed to get up front at start!
Very pleased to hit target. LOTS LEARNED. On to the next one, an 8KM race on Friday 19th June. Not enough time to fit a full cycle in.. Recovery run tomorrow for sure haha! Not sure how to plan and build up to next race?
08/06/2015 45min easy
09/06/2015 REST
10/06/2015 4 x 2km R90 @ 4.15mpk
11/06/2015 50 easy
12/06/2015 rest
13/06/2015 5km paced time trial
14/06/2015 60 easy
15/06/2015 45 easy
16/06/2015 3 x 5MIN @ 4.10mpk 1min easys
17/06/2015 30 easy
18/06/2015 rest
19/06/2015 race
How does that look TheEd?