Rye to Hastings

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10 Mins WU @ Easy Pace (RPE: 2)

12 Miles @ HM Pace (RPE: 5-8)

10 Mins CD @ Easy Pace (RPE: 3)

3 Races in 1. 9km of flat through the nature reserve and tricky Sea Wall. Nothing quicker than half marathon pace through this section. Then comes the climb, take your time and walk where needed. The finish from the top of Barley Lane is great fun, let yourself go and you could be running anywhere between 5-10k pace down the hill.

Coach Simon

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This went well, great conditions which helped a lot. Maintained half marathon pace (ish) pretty consistently on the flat first half, chatting to Stu along the way until it got tricky along the narrow sea wall. We were on Joe’s tail for a bit but he kept pulling away gradually. Started to feel a bit fatigued towards the end of this section so the first climb was quite welcome, overtook Stu and left him behind on that off-road bit and actually started to catch Joe up briefly. The long uphills were not as fun and I lost Joe again but kept him in my sights, didn’t feel too f*cked at the top and ran them all (no walking). Took me a while to recover right at the top of fairlight so I wasn’t on pace for a bit, but on that final off-road bit before Barley Lane I started feeling myself and realised I was OK. Opened up nicely, arrogantly thinking I would catch Joe on this bit, and was between 5 & 10k pace for this, didn’t dip below 4 min kms again. I could hear Stu behind me and was checking for him regularly, he closed the gap a bit but I pushed harder all the way to the end for a quick finish. Those quick downhills were hard work but my shoes were ace – perfect for this route (Terrex Speed Ultras) which helped my speed and confidence. 6th again but 4 minutes quicker than last year which is cool. I didn’t plan to ‘race’ it so hard, not after a pretty decent effort at RAT the week before, but the conditions were so optimal and it was good fun chasing someone, and being chased! Worked pretty hard and felt it. Boom.

Sam Davies

Love this. Sounds like a lot of fun and it’s great when you get into a race. Having that person behind can make such a difference and really keep you determined to kick on. I had that at the Alan Corke when I’d kind of dropped the effort when I past you the 2nd time but then heard Martin was close behind and that changed everything. Conditions could not have been better. I did part of my run the other direction and the wind was actually a bit of a git along the nature reserve so new you guys were in for a treat. I’m quite pleased you pushed hard actually as it’s hard to get the same training effect that a tough race will provide in any session. So this should tee you up very nicely for the HHM in two weeks time. Awesome running Sam!!