21-07-2015, 12:55 PM
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Yeah, I definitely feel relaxed during the 5x2km session which I split, 6:59, 6:57, 7:00, 6:55, 6:50 last time round. On a continuous run I think I get overwhelmed by the bigger picture instead of just working split by split. At least this race I can break down into blocks. This is the course profile:
![[Image: CJ8ttgoUEAErlRk.png]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CJ8ttgoUEAErlRk.png)
Last year I ran 36:41 and I was able to make up a lot of time from 3km onwards averaging ~3:34/km despite coming off a long break (3 weeks off in June, then 5 weeks which was 3 weeks easy mileage and 2 weeks with some tempo running). I think the plan now will be to get to 3km unscathed and then work in 2km blocks to 5km, 7km, 9km, then give it everything for the final kilometere.
The race is a 10km/21.1km so I think I'm going to try and keep up with the 21.1km guys running around my pace to avoid getting isolated and also they'll likely run more even splits. The split is at ~7.5km after that last climb then it will be a nice 2.5km run down to the finish!
I enjoy this race, it's where I broke sub 40 for the first time in 2012 so hoping it's good to me again![Smile Smile](https://www.time-to-run.com/forums/images/smilies/smile.png)
Cheers
![Smile Smile](https://www.time-to-run.com/forums/images/smilies/smile.png)
Yeah, I definitely feel relaxed during the 5x2km session which I split, 6:59, 6:57, 7:00, 6:55, 6:50 last time round. On a continuous run I think I get overwhelmed by the bigger picture instead of just working split by split. At least this race I can break down into blocks. This is the course profile:
![[Image: CJ8ttgoUEAErlRk.png]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CJ8ttgoUEAErlRk.png)
Last year I ran 36:41 and I was able to make up a lot of time from 3km onwards averaging ~3:34/km despite coming off a long break (3 weeks off in June, then 5 weeks which was 3 weeks easy mileage and 2 weeks with some tempo running). I think the plan now will be to get to 3km unscathed and then work in 2km blocks to 5km, 7km, 9km, then give it everything for the final kilometere.
The race is a 10km/21.1km so I think I'm going to try and keep up with the 21.1km guys running around my pace to avoid getting isolated and also they'll likely run more even splits. The split is at ~7.5km after that last climb then it will be a nice 2.5km run down to the finish!
I enjoy this race, it's where I broke sub 40 for the first time in 2012 so hoping it's good to me again
![Smile Smile](https://www.time-to-run.com/forums/images/smilies/smile.png)
Cheers