02-11-2012, 05:45 AM
Hi TheEd,
I'm pleased to report the 5km race went well yesterday - 17:51. Super stoked to run sub-18!!! The winning time was 15:42.
On Sunday I had to work pretty hard to run 3:45/km pace in the 3x5min session. Add this to a 5km course which included a couple of little hills/bridges and tight turns meant I'd talked myself into being happy with a mid-18 time.
I ran watchless again, not by design... it's light must have turned on when I put it in my bag and stayed on all day killing the battery. The pace was pretty hectic at the start, I'm guessing the first km would have been a low 3min as the first 100m was down hill.
The finish crept up on me quickly, I would have liked to push harder over the final 500m but turned a corner near the end and the finish line was right there only leaving a 30 meter sprint home.
I ran an easy 8km this morning to help the recovery and was thinking a rest day might be in order tomorrow before getting back in sync with the cycles on Sunday.
Thanks again for your help.
I'm pleased to report the 5km race went well yesterday - 17:51. Super stoked to run sub-18!!! The winning time was 15:42.
On Sunday I had to work pretty hard to run 3:45/km pace in the 3x5min session. Add this to a 5km course which included a couple of little hills/bridges and tight turns meant I'd talked myself into being happy with a mid-18 time.
I ran watchless again, not by design... it's light must have turned on when I put it in my bag and stayed on all day killing the battery. The pace was pretty hectic at the start, I'm guessing the first km would have been a low 3min as the first 100m was down hill.
The finish crept up on me quickly, I would have liked to push harder over the final 500m but turned a corner near the end and the finish line was right there only leaving a 30 meter sprint home.
I ran an easy 8km this morning to help the recovery and was thinking a rest day might be in order tomorrow before getting back in sync with the cycles on Sunday.
Thanks again for your help.