Running tempo 50:00 [3] 10.0 km (5:00 / km)
Phys testing @ Edinburgh - my favourite.
Got to the same point I did last year, which I’ll take tbh. Main thing I struggled with was the mask and how hot and sweaty it made my face. Felt crap around 16kmph but got better and then pushed through 19kmph to hit the big red button. Considered starting 20 but that’s childish.
Good to see I’m now 64.2kgs which is a good thing to have put on some weight from last year, but this meant my VO2 max was lower as a result.
Think it’s more of a psychological battle more than anything else fighting on 4 fronts: yourself, yourself from last year, the boredom and the 4 stop buttons in close eyesight.