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Thursday Apr 14, 2011 #
1 PM
Run race 15:02 [4] 3.83 km (3:56 / km)
This was a reality check. I had thought that perhaps I was travelling a little better than I was at the same stage last year, but in fact it's a little worse - 12 seconds slower than one done under similar conditions, of which only 3 or 4 (albeit a significant 3 or 4, for me and for Bruce for different reasons) can be accounted for by building work across the top.
It ended up being essentially a solo run - I had a meeting run late and missed the bunch. Felt like it took me a bit of time to find a pace because at the moment my body finds running fast to be an unnatural act (although as it turned out the first 500, when I felt like a blob, was the fastest I went all day). Didn't feel too bad on the rest of it, just slow, and back tightened up a bit briefly as I was in the process of launching myself for the last 500. I doubt that would have made anywhere near 12 seconds' difference either.
I'm pretty sure this is a PW for any day when I've been trying. Km splits 3.53, 4.07 (uphill/detour), 3.56, 3.53.
It ended up being essentially a solo run - I had a meeting run late and missed the bunch. Felt like it took me a bit of time to find a pace because at the moment my body finds running fast to be an unnatural act (although as it turned out the first 500, when I felt like a blob, was the fastest I went all day). Didn't feel too bad on the rest of it, just slow, and back tightened up a bit briefly as I was in the process of launching myself for the last 500. I doubt that would have made anywhere near 12 seconds' difference either.
I'm pretty sure this is a PW for any day when I've been trying. Km splits 3.53, 4.07 (uphill/detour), 3.56, 3.53.
Run 34:00 [3] 6.7 km (5:04 / km)
To/from the Tan, a bit longer than usual because I ran some of the way back with Bruce, in the process applying some persuasion to try to convince him to think again about nominating for WOC. He's in terrific form at the moment and I don't think it's by any means out of the question that he could make a sprint final (and I know that if it was me I wouldn't want to be looking back in 10 years' time wondering 'what if...').