Training Log Archive: acejase

Marty had to do a park run for Nationall Squad requirements so we made a morning of it heading up to Gungahlin. Faster course than Gindy. He'd dragged various orienteers up there too and a couple of runners so was good field.
Long warm up like usual with Marty. It was surprisingly hot and very windy.

Plan was to start just not quite as hard as do when going for a hard park run. Thought maybe a 3.33-34 k. SO of course did 3.26min 1st k which is probably fastest ever km in a park run. Basically it was windy and thought headwind across dam wall at approx 1.5k mark so tried to (successfully) hang on to Jarrah Day for wind shelter at the dam wall. That worked well at first as I slotted in behind him and thought this felt cruisy what a great windshield. Unfortunately looked at watch and about half way across dam wall and we were going at 3min50s- was cruisy coz we had slowed. Went past Jarrah and pushed on.
From there along eastern edge of lake I was a bit solo but trying to gain on young pat miller who ran very well. Was hurting a fair bit by the 5th but managed to hold good form and even a bit of a sprint to the line for 17.52. Marty 15.15 super impressive. fastest he's done 5k in 2 years. Funny thing is I think I could've gone quicker - it was hot and windy, didn't pace myself well and didn't feel great either. But fantastic to have 3rd time this year under 18.

Cool down w Marty, Jimbo and Matt from Newcastle.

Got to CISAC 20mins before it closed. Cranked out 500m. Trying to reach out with stroke which is making me a bit slower and it a bit harder but I've been getting sore shoulder/pec and this has stopped that from happening. Listen to me? Swim technique? wtf?