Training Log Archive: Whitesheep

Bushy Park 10k - 1st
Not sure I have ever won a running race before so that’s nice. Gun to tape as well.
Bit of a spontaneous entry when the weather was better with me and sister sal both hoping we could get pbs. On the day though it was wet and windy and sloppy underfoot. So not quite as quick as I’d hoped although bushy is truly flat.
Decided I would go out as hard as I dared and hope to hang on for 36:xx. Unfortunately ended up 5 seconds over and one second over my best. Ah well. The thing that did for me was the main grass track for km 1 and 5. First tome round it was firm and I enjoyed the tailwind, but second time it was a bit churned up. Don’t think I could have got any quicker on the day as I was right up in the 180s hr all the way and didn’t let the intensity drop.
One guy went with me and stayed tucked in behind the whole way until I went eyeballs out for the last 600m and got a 10 second gap.
Splits: 3:31, 39, 39, 45, 45, 46, 46, 49, 47, 37

Did 18:15 for the parkrun course as well which on a quicker day suggests I could improve my 5k time (17:46?).

C • Top effort 4

yoga

Event: SLOW Night-O Series 2018-19 #4: Wimbledon Common
 

Late entry for a bushy park 10k on Sunday. Will just try to sharpen up a bit this week with nice low mileage. This was a mini drills session and 8x 150m strides.