Closing the Circle

07.03.2021 - 10k - 42:07

What's not to like?

Weather perfect - absolutely ideal, dry, overcast, no wind, no rain, 10 degrees, 18:20.

This run went very well - I didn't leave the house on Friday (after thursdays run). Yesterday I took a brisk walk with Bobby. That was it.

Just before the run I walked Bobby then straight into it. 

TC1 07:30

TC2 10:05

TC3 12:57

TC4 17:25

From 4.5k to 6k I eased off as I was genuinely tired & running out of gas & getting ready/hoping for the 2nd wind. At this point I wanted to stop etc, all the usual things went through my mind but, as ever, I just kept going. i.e. that awful feeling of running too hard "I need to ease off" etc. was screaming at me but then I remembered, I'm going really well, why should I stop etc.

TC6 21:07 (this is where I lost & continued to lose time through to TC7 - I had a good 15-20 second advantage at this point than on my previous 8k & I lost this during this part of the run - I decided (I suppose unconsciously) that this was OK as this was a 10k & not an 8k etc).

I received my second wind, as it were, heading down the Loughrea Road. 

TC6 30:00 (Hennelly's)

TC7 32:30

TC8 32:45

TC9 34:45 through 8k

Then continued to increase the tempo over the last 2k - I really worked the last 2K hard now & was rewarded with a decent time.

I thought this was particularly impressive that my speed actually significantly increased today as the run went on, especially inside the last 2k. A brilliant piece of running today - Best performance of mine in months.

Recovery run now in store for Tuesday on the grass. Absolutely delighted now with this outcome.

I didn't even run that fast today - obviously 42 min 10k is nothing special but bear in mind my PB is technically 41:51 (Claregalway 10k 2015) - I'll easily smash this this year.

Well capable now of going sub 40.

Only issue really is that this was supposed to be a slow 10k run with next Thursdays session in mind - so I cannot expect this performance weekly - or can I - if I keep the mileage down maybe this is my new sweet spot - time will tell.

There will come a point that I will plateau too off this training, but I certainly havn't hit this at all yet.

& another night of avoiding eating crap from Aldi - I hit the Brown Bread & Sweet tea - this works a treat!!!