Starting with positives legs felt great can see how much resilient they are with mobility and strength work.
Now the rest was a disaster, stomach issues leading up to race meant I couldn’t fuel pre race as planned, the cold is still slightly in the lungs and was coughing most the race, I have a shoulder injury which meant much of the race I had one arm moving, I also overheated.
If I ran this pace for a half I would be disappointed I know I am a much better runner than this and I just need to keep going get through the summer and results will come.
Warm up looks short on Strava did some extra not recorded closer to race time. Cool down not recorded but ran to and back from pub for this.
One of my most memorable races was the Seaford 10K last year. I was running great and entered with the intention of running a PB. As the week went on the wind forecast got worse and worse. On the day it was about 15 mph on an exposed seafront course. But even downwind from the very first km I couldn’t hit my target pace. I’ve know ideal why and then when I turned into the headwind, it fell apart horribly. But you know what, I kept trying my hardest. 2 weeks later I ran the best race of my life to smash my 5 mile PB and it felt easy. So what you did yesterday was actually a real success, because you kept working hard despite so much going against you. HR and RPE exactly where we wanted them, and on another day the pace will come. So never see these races as a disaster, they are a key part in our training and making us stronger runners. So well done Laura. Hope the shoulders sorts itself out soon though.
Coach Simon 🍊
