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Friday Apr 29, 2022 #
6 AM
Running 30:09 6.07 km (4:58 / km) +12m 4:55 / km
ahr:132 max:158 shoes: Brooks Trace 1 #2
Shake round johns.
7 PM
Running 18:17 [2] 3.69 km (4:57 / km) +2m 4:56 / km
ahr:152 max:173 shoes: Alphafly Next%
WU. Wore the next% which was an excellent idea.
Running 14:26 [5] 5.0 km (2:53 / km)
ahr:175 max:197 shoes: Alphafly Next%
Battersea 5k - 14:25
Some days things just go to plan eh. Was feeling buoyed before the race after Grace’s awesome time and was a little hyper after having to dodge two particularly officious volunteers trying to snip my race chip off before I’d even started.
Felt decent on the WU and knew I wanted to start near the back and hit a 2:56 first k. I actually surpassed even my own standards of being wide at starts by semi head butting the guy in front as we went off the line to push him along. Worked well, will do again. Call me zinedine.
Start was pretty cagey - lots of guys in a small space but managed to carve a position out and slotted in beside macgregor to go through 500 in 1:28 and 1 in 2:56, just as planned.
Felt fantastic and continued as such to up until around 3k. Started overtaking consistently from about 2.5k onwards when people inevitably started popping.
With a mile to go, as expected, I was really starting to feel it but the pace was solid and I managed to slot into the main chasing pack. Having successfully navigating the bollard which nearly rendered me permanently infertile on the first lap, we had a very cagey 4-4.5k when I got rather boxed in.
From this point it was just a fat gurn for home. Really went for it and even then I must have lost about 4 or 5 places in the last 300. Tried to remind myself that I was in fact trying very hard and it doesn’t matter too much that I have the finishing speed of the manchester airport security queue.
And with that it was done. Massive YASS after we crossed the line, cos you gotta celebrate these moments - they don’t come often. Overall, the ideal race. Felt strong and didn’t fade. Can’t ask for more. Delighted. Orienteering really is the only valid 5k training strategy.
Someone call the fire brigade. A barn just got burnt down.
Some days things just go to plan eh. Was feeling buoyed before the race after Grace’s awesome time and was a little hyper after having to dodge two particularly officious volunteers trying to snip my race chip off before I’d even started.
Felt decent on the WU and knew I wanted to start near the back and hit a 2:56 first k. I actually surpassed even my own standards of being wide at starts by semi head butting the guy in front as we went off the line to push him along. Worked well, will do again. Call me zinedine.
Start was pretty cagey - lots of guys in a small space but managed to carve a position out and slotted in beside macgregor to go through 500 in 1:28 and 1 in 2:56, just as planned.
Felt fantastic and continued as such to up until around 3k. Started overtaking consistently from about 2.5k onwards when people inevitably started popping.
With a mile to go, as expected, I was really starting to feel it but the pace was solid and I managed to slot into the main chasing pack. Having successfully navigating the bollard which nearly rendered me permanently infertile on the first lap, we had a very cagey 4-4.5k when I got rather boxed in.
From this point it was just a fat gurn for home. Really went for it and even then I must have lost about 4 or 5 places in the last 300. Tried to remind myself that I was in fact trying very hard and it doesn’t matter too much that I have the finishing speed of the manchester airport security queue.
And with that it was done. Massive YASS after we crossed the line, cos you gotta celebrate these moments - they don’t come often. Overall, the ideal race. Felt strong and didn’t fade. Can’t ask for more. Delighted. Orienteering really is the only valid 5k training strategy.
Someone call the fire brigade. A barn just got burnt down.
Running 15:22 2.8 km (5:30 / km)
ahr:143 max:181 shoes: Brooks Trace 1 #2
WD with Grace after her monster performance #ironisdoping