Grass warm up/down 22:13 [2] 4.43 km (5:01 / km) +2m 5:00 / km
shoes: Brooks Ghost 9
Lovely day
Warmed up around the GAA pitch, some on grass and some on gravel trail. Time would also include run over to start on the road in racing shoes.
One thing I know the pace seems to be wrong for this, was definitely running slower. Garmin did lose reception I think at some point.
Road race 16:40 [5] 4.95 km (3:22 / km) +22m 3:18 / km
shoes: Nike Lunaracer+
Kerry County Roads 5k 2017 Beaufort
Really didn't know what sort of shape I was in for this race. No idea what pace I can run. So plan was to stick with the group and see how I get on. What's the worst that can happen...
Maybe a group of 5/6 formed, first km was alright, and then for the 2nd i'd to work a bit to try and keep with the lads (& lady). But started to drop off a bit during the 3rd and knew from there i'd be on my own.
Had 1 lad behind, but knew Martin was closing. And then in front Donal had dropped slightly off the group of 4 that were in the battle for 2nd. 1st was safely Tim's. Although was very surprising to see him hunched over after around 2.5km. He was tieing his lace! The group hadn't caught him by the time he'd it re-tied and then he stood up, gave them a look, and took off again. He was just doing enough to win by the looks of things.
I was definitely feeling it into the wind on my own, also a gradual uphill here. Worked on the steeper slope which was at the end of the pull. And then worked hard for the last couple of drags in the 4th km.
Last kilometre I was gaining more on Donal but Martin was gaining on me. After turning at the pub I knew that Martin wasn't going to catch me.
3.10
3.14
3.30
3.32
3.24
I looked at my watch after the first km and saw that it was 3.10, my reaction was one of surprise, more knowing that doing that was going to cause trouble later on, although it would have been downhill.
Overall pleased to have run sub 17, didn't think I was in the running shape to do that. So definitely a starting point for things to come.