I nearly forgot to do my feed back because I said most of it the car and on strava 🤣
Good call sticking with the pacer. Obviously I needed to be able to run that pace but I was thinking I’d do 9min miling because I was hoping that would be safe to not tank it.
My simon went out way too fast. I looked at his splits and he run a sub 7 min mile for the first mile. I said to him you took it too fast just like I did at the spring no 5k and parkrun.
I know now I don’t have the mental strength to pull back bad pacing in a race. I could have pulled away from the pacers mid race but I chose to stick with them. Which was the right choice because km 9 was the pits!
The pacer found me on strava and added me that was nice ☺️
I reckon there is definitely scope for me to get faster, I just need to work on my aerobic base and strength.
Yeah I think if there are pacers there then definitely use them. Not often you get a 55 pacer in truth, normally would jump from 50-60 so worked out really well. It also means you don’t have to worry about the pace yourself. Si was a bit unlucky as our pacers did go off a bit quick. My first km was quite a bit under my average, but I did keep check of my splits and eased off a touch knowing they were a bit hot. I definitely feel there is quicker in there for yourself, but you’re doing it the right way in making that gradual progress, rather than trying to peak too soon. It was a fun morning, I really enjoyed it, and it was a good little group we had. We certainly represented Team Orange well 😂 Awesome work Lou and thanks for doing the lighter schedule.
Coach Simon 🍊
