Was a bit disappointed in myself for not doing better. First half I thought was going well and was on target for a sub 1:50, but then second half didn’t go well, I don’t know if it was because I didn’t stop for water until around mile 8 and then I felt like I needed the toilet, from then it was difficult to get back in the flow. But I can take some positives from it, I’ve done Brighton Half the last six years and that was my second fastest time there.
Hopefully at Paddock Wood the weather will be more favourable and if there’s a 1:50 pacer then I’ll try and stick with them.
Moving forward after PW I was planning to go off plan for a while and then take a look at what races I’m planning to do over the next six months and have a chat with you.
Hi Karl, sorry to hear this didn’t go as well as you would like. To be honest your better than this and we both know it. But good to take the positives. Two weeks ago you ran 23km at 1:49 half marathon pace, and that was a training run. Forecast looks good for PW. I think if you were to run with the 1:50 pacer then you should look to stick with them for 10 miles, 16km and then kick on, start overtaking people, work hard like you do at efforts, see how many you can overtake, even count them as you go past. Here’s a hypothetical question (not an offer, just make that clear 😂), but if I said to you, I’ll give you £10,000 if you run sub 1:45 at PW Sunday. Would you do it? I think we both know the answer. It’s yes. So somewhere it’s having that reason why, something to motivate you. Get angry, get pumped up. Dig deep like you do every Tuesday evening. I’m sure we’ll have a chance to chat before Sunday but I think you could run anything from 1:46-1:49. I really do. And no worries about taking a short break post PW, sometimes that’s a good idea just to reset and go again. Always hear to chat about future plans. I still think we’ve not got close to how good you can be, and I wouldn’t say that if I didn’t mean it.
Coach Simon 🍊
