Felt strong for the first 5k but wasn’t enjoying it so took a step back and done the rest of it for pure enjoyment. Ran with some other guy for the last 8k. Loved the second half of the race and have came away with a PB which is just a bonus. Atmosphere was awful but got some tan lines out of it too😂. Legs and everything feel fine. Will be resting them up regardless and heading to the track tomorrow not to run but to just be around people again.
Congrats on the PB. Pacing is the most important thing in races and the lines are so fine. Imagine a straight red line on a graph which represents your target pace. If you stay just under that line or on it, you should be able to maintain it, but the minute you go beyond that line, you’re screwed and energy levels will plummett quickly. And I think that’s probably what happened here, you were operating just over the red line at the start, so had to slow down. But all it takes is practice and when you start getting it right, it’s a beautiful thing. Look forward to seeing you at track, if you encourage some of the others it could make a difference to their session, so that would be awesome. I’m aiming for lap times of 1:42 on the shorter reps and 1:46 on the longer reps, so you have my permission to tell me to run faster or slow down if I’m not hitting those targets 😂
Coach Simon 🍊
