Not sure how today was going to turn out i had a slight heaviness in my legs which i did feel in the latter stages of todays race, put it down partly to not fully recovered from Mondays race.
Was a tad nervous did a warm up of just under a mile saw a few regulars.
Did focus on trying to keep pace with those around me. first 2km went really well, saw my namesake ahead she runs around 25 mins so tried to keep her in sight for as long as possible. This worked for the first 3km. Then decided to keep pace with guy from Road runners club, well thats what it said on his shirt. TBH can’t remember much after 4km except seeing a squirrel cross the road. Why did he cross the road, sorry i didn’t ask. I was to puffed to speak. It was a bit busy around the Diana fountain, but not as crowded as we were expecting. Before we turn into the home straight there is an incline some may say its undulating, but it feels like Mount Everest. At this point see my club mate, hes quick and had already finished but always comes back to offer a cheer of encouragement. Into the home straight, feel really sick but am i going to stop? No. Is there anyone behind me? I haven’t the foggiest. I mean you don’t look behind you. Do you? But no-one is going to pass me now so i sprint for the line
5;03 (157)
5;03 (169)
started to lose it a bit
5:21 (170)
5:19 (172)
concentrated on trying to pick up pace only 5 minutes (or so) to run made final km
5;05 (173) entered the puke zone
Finish time 25:52 (a bit symmetrical)
Am i happy? You Betcha
5 seconds quicker than Monday
39 seconds faster than last months outing
But i need to do some longer runs haven’t really run further than 5 miles in quite a few weeks
