I've been getting back into some good training and building in threshold pace effort work as well as building the miles up. My coach and I decided I would do some 5k races just to track progress. I haven't done any "fast" work yet so the first one will be to see where I am. My plan was 3 Sale Sizzler races followed by my local Capenhurst 5k race all 2 weeks apart.
The first race was ok time wise - but still 40s slower than my pb. I then did a 10k 2.5 days later! I felt good during this and finished 3rd but still over 1 minute outside of my 10k pb. I'm ok with this as its about what I expected.
I then did the next Sale Sizzler 5k and went 20s quicker! I was really pleased - just 20s slower than my pb. Quite a lot over 5k but a very pleasing improvement in just 2 weeks. Someone remarked at the end what had I changed in 2 weeks to go 20s quicker? For me it is just fitness gradually coming back and I've now done a few more effort sessions but only peaking at 10k pace efforts.
I then went back 2 weeks later to the Sale Sizzler hoping that I might scrape under 17 mins and then be just 10s outside my pb. The race started and I pretty much felt rubbish from the start. My legs felt like jelly and when I tried to pick it up there was nothing there at all. I didn't look at my watch and tried to be competitive so when I came onto the track and saw the clock just before the finish I was shocked at how slow I'd run. I thought maybe the clock was wrong, but it wasn't! I went 40s slower than 2 weeks before and a whole minute slower than my pb. I think this is the slowest 5k I've run for years!!
I decided a few days later than I didn't think I could face another 5k so decided to give the Capenhurst 5k a miss which was a shame. I think in hind site I should have missed the 3rd Sale Sizzler and done the Capenhurst 5k instead. 3 5k races all 2 weeks apart was probably too much mentally as well as physically. I'm now getting some good training in and looking forward to the Cardiff 10k on 6th September.
Sunday 9 August 2015
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