Running warm up/down 23:26 [2] 4.49 km (5:13 / km)
shoes: Inov8 X-Talons
Jog to clubhouse with Conör, but I kind of had to speed up a little because my ears were cold, and then a bit extra with some olgy people and that, thankfully the forest isn't as cold because of the whole wind thing.
Running race 29:31 [5] 8.11 km (3:38 / km)
shoes: Inov8 X-Talons
Testlopp with the club and olgy people.
Went well! I was happy with how I ran it, and my time, and where I came and all that.
Lap times: 14.45, 14.46
PBs: 5km: 18.10, 8km: 29.11 :D
It was 2 laps, I didn't know the distance, but after about 3km I had a very good idea, and after 4km I obviously knew pretty much exactly. At the start it felt a little slippy, what with the new frosty ice on the ground, but I only really noticed it in that same spot on both laps and not much after, so I doubt it would have affected it much. At the start I just ran a bit at the back of the front group, which got quite dispersed, so I ran a bit to catch up as I fell off the back of this and just ran behind Tomas for most of the back straight. The drafting help as I felt well able to over-take, but didn't, I don't know how to run these races tactically and I figured safe was better than aggressive to begin. Passed the 3km mark in 10.51 and I felt fine (to note: I basically ran at that pace for the full 8km). Still, we caught others, and with about 500m of the first lap to go I left Tomas to draft off Sebbe, Ludvig Eriksson and Simon Skogman. At the back of this group we caught Mattias, and I decided to pick it up as I still felt fine and I should try catch the 2 Johans. So, I went alone, maybe silly, but I thought could catch them, which was like 15secs, silly probably. Chasing, passed the 5km, with a PB 18.11, only like 30secs from like 2 years ago though, and I was still feeling good here. I got away from my group but could hear footsteps for a while, with about 1.5km left I was struggling a bit and Ludvig Eriksson caught me. I just hung on and was glad, it really helped. With like 500m left he went and I didn't have it. Still, really happy with this, I'm no road runner and I ran it quite well, should have waited to go with Ludvig and split the work, but I wasn't to know. And my two almost equal split times reflect that. Fitness is going well, only like 35secs behind best junior, Ek-Larsson is a beast though! Not amazingly fast, but decent, improvement too!
Happy with this! :D
Running warm up/down 12:25 [1] 2.06 km (6:02 / km)
shoes: Inov8 X-Talons
Tired, and some tight muscles from the roads, but OK as I got home.