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2km WU @ Easy Pace (RPE: 3)

5km @ 5k Pace (RPE: 8)

2km CD @ Easy Pace (RPE: 3)

Not really a PB course with kilometres 2, 3 and 4 all gentle uphill before a downhill finish. A great event though with a lovely atmosphere at the finish. It’s a point to point so plan where you are going to park.

Quality race this with a nice pub lunch at the end. Good luck, no need to be chasing targets here, especially as it’s not a fast one.

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Coach Simon

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RPE

😁 Good pace given the conditions/route

PACE

A tough ish route this, the hills weren’t steep but certainly suck the energy out of you – I’m so used to 5ks being pancake flat that it was surprising how much slower I was at points. The heat didn’t help, it was roasting with a tailwind so not much cooling. Set off OK, perhaps a little quick as I was very close to the front, eased into a standard 5k pace of ~3:50s then slowed with the climbs to 4:03 and 4:06. Picked it back up at the end to 3:44 for the downhill finish, it came about so fast that I almost didn’t notice I was nearly done then I saw the finish and thought “shit, I better speed up!”. 19:33 (strava says 19:25), so a minute off my race pace, but in honesty I wasn’t chasing anyone or being chased. Paul was a position ahead and I knew I wouldn’t catch him so kind of cruised. I think if a HR had caught me I would have changed gear but Danny was 40s behind. Awful beer in that pub at the end! Ha.
Sam Davies
Was the beer that bad? Sorry to hear that. I still think from a training perspective there are lots of positives to take from a race like this, even if not pushing your limits. I’ve always really enjoyed that race but mixed feedback from the team this year. I guess 5ks are always going to be limited to some degree in terms of excitement. How does the Mv40 category look this year? I’m relying on Stu J falling short of his 8 races, so perhaps don’t mention anything to him 😂
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Coach Simon