Monday - nice and easy through Yarraville & Seddon with the usual climbs thrown in. 11.2 kms in 47 minutes, and it felt OK, inspite of a bit of fatigue from Sunday's run.
Tuesday - big day.
AM - easy 6.9 kms on the treadmill in half an hour, including 2 x 2kms @ marathon pace (3:54 m/km). I was asked about the treadmill running and it raises a valid point. Why do it? I guess it's a convenience, a crutch of sorts. Yesterdays was simply to beat the heat in the morning, as I'd be racing that evening, but it's also very handy for controlled speedwork/intervals/tempos, and for those days when you need a run but just can't be arsed leaving the house for whatever reason - more a winter thing than anything else.
PM- racing a 1500 @ a 5K + just shy of 5K's of warming up & cooling down. Cool changes are a bit of a chook raffle in light of the type of wind they throw up, but the conditions presented for us all to run tonight were absolutely spot on.
1500 - another season's best, albeit by about half a second or so. 4:27:7 - I'll take that in light of the big k's I'm trying to do. Aside from a slower 3rd lap (I don't know how this came about), the race felt even and controlled and my finish was strong.
5K - 17:22:xx. Controlled first km (3:28:xx), quicker 2nd & 3rd (3:24;xx; 3:26:xx); slower 4th & 5th (both 3:31:xx). I finished 18th overall, which indicates how strong the field was on the whole, and three of the quicker guys over longer distances ran the 3K and the fastest guy in the region was off pacing a 3K interstate from all accounts.
I'm very happy with the results as I'm in a "big" phase with the training at the moment, which I hope to carry well into the school year.
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A good 5k, racing Lisa Weightman and the boys who doubled up, well done!
Sounds like someone is finding form!!!
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