22-06-2008, 08:17 PM
Hi Ed,
Poor conditions for the race today which wasn't conducive to achieving a good time. The winds were very stong and as this was the route was a costal one I found myself competing against 30 mph cross winds!
I didn't record the splits at each k but this is what I remember. The 1st K was really tough, heading out directly into the wind there were also several slower runners at the front of the field which had to be passed in good time. My 1st K time was 4:15 which put me on the back foot from then on in.
I wanted to get as close to 19:30 at the 5k mark as possible and was able to increase my pace and hit the 5k marker at 19:45.
The 2nd half of the race was tougher still, but I believe this was down to lacking in stamina due to cold earlier in the week and the inability to put in much training.
Anyway I clung on and crossed the finishing line at 39:53 which is a new PB from my 40:20 in humid but near perfect conditions 6 weeks ago. I know that the winning time last year was nearly 2 mins faster then today so maybe in 'real' terms I could have ran a 38 min.....happy with my time today though as I was determined to get sub 40.
Next races are as follows;
Sun July 20th - 10k
Sun Sep 7th - 10k
Sun Sep 21st - 10k
Thanks for your advice over the past few weeks, it's obviously beneficial to me.
Poor conditions for the race today which wasn't conducive to achieving a good time. The winds were very stong and as this was the route was a costal one I found myself competing against 30 mph cross winds!
I didn't record the splits at each k but this is what I remember. The 1st K was really tough, heading out directly into the wind there were also several slower runners at the front of the field which had to be passed in good time. My 1st K time was 4:15 which put me on the back foot from then on in.
I wanted to get as close to 19:30 at the 5k mark as possible and was able to increase my pace and hit the 5k marker at 19:45.
The 2nd half of the race was tougher still, but I believe this was down to lacking in stamina due to cold earlier in the week and the inability to put in much training.
Anyway I clung on and crossed the finishing line at 39:53 which is a new PB from my 40:20 in humid but near perfect conditions 6 weeks ago. I know that the winning time last year was nearly 2 mins faster then today so maybe in 'real' terms I could have ran a 38 min.....happy with my time today though as I was determined to get sub 40.
Next races are as follows;
Sun July 20th - 10k
Sun Sep 7th - 10k
Sun Sep 21st - 10k
Thanks for your advice over the past few weeks, it's obviously beneficial to me.