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Thursday Jun 1, 2023 #
7 PM
Running - Road/Track race (Tittesworth SM#1) 28:16 [5] 7.39 km (3:50 / km) +71m 3:39 / km
ahr:144 max:155 shoes: Saucony Endorphin Pro 2
Normally I wouldn't have raced this soon after a round, but id entered the whole series and today was the first one.
And actually, it was totally fine. Smashed my PB from last time by about 1:50 too. My body felt fine other than my right arm aching quite a lot (pole use maybe?).
The race doesn't have any proper hills but lots of small undulations/pretty small sets of ten or so steps. I felt like I flowed up these better than the road runners I was surrounded by and was up into 4th at about halfway, but it all becomes a bit more consistent in the second half and they came back at me. I overtook someone for 5th with a couple of hundred metres to go and thought I'd got away, but they judged the sprint finish perfectly and overtook half a second before the line - didn't have time to react.
In theory that should be my worst race and so looking forward to the rest of the series.
And actually, it was totally fine. Smashed my PB from last time by about 1:50 too. My body felt fine other than my right arm aching quite a lot (pole use maybe?).
The race doesn't have any proper hills but lots of small undulations/pretty small sets of ten or so steps. I felt like I flowed up these better than the road runners I was surrounded by and was up into 4th at about halfway, but it all becomes a bit more consistent in the second half and they came back at me. I overtook someone for 5th with a couple of hundred metres to go and thought I'd got away, but they judged the sprint finish perfectly and overtook half a second before the line - didn't have time to react.
In theory that should be my worst race and so looking forward to the rest of the series.