17-04-2015, 08:22 PM
Hi TheEd,
Race day tomorrow (Sunday). I had some pain in the left leg after the 40min easy run, right through the hip, knee, calf and ankle. Nothing serious but decided to skip the fartlek and have an extra few days to recover.
This will be my first 10k race since about August last year before my stress fracture, and the first on this program so I'm not sure what to expect / target. Despite all the improvement I've made I don't think I'm in sub-40min shape yet but not too far off.
I'm thinking I should give myself a chance by trying to go close to 20min for the first 5km split. If I can find someone running at about the right pace then and try to hold on to them through km 6-8 that might help me get through.
It's still early days so I'm not putting any pressure on myself, I'll be very happy with sub-41 at the moment, and anything I can do under that time is a bonus. My PB is 41:25 so a very good chance of breaking that.
Race day tomorrow (Sunday). I had some pain in the left leg after the 40min easy run, right through the hip, knee, calf and ankle. Nothing serious but decided to skip the fartlek and have an extra few days to recover.
This will be my first 10k race since about August last year before my stress fracture, and the first on this program so I'm not sure what to expect / target. Despite all the improvement I've made I don't think I'm in sub-40min shape yet but not too far off.
I'm thinking I should give myself a chance by trying to go close to 20min for the first 5km split. If I can find someone running at about the right pace then and try to hold on to them through km 6-8 that might help me get through.
It's still early days so I'm not putting any pressure on myself, I'll be very happy with sub-41 at the moment, and anything I can do under that time is a bonus. My PB is 41:25 so a very good chance of breaking that.