05.08.2021 - 8k - 34:58.
Easy run this was. I went out "hard" (as I perceived the effort to be anyway) & kept a decent flow throughout.
I eased up considerably towards the last 2.5k or so (27 mins or so). I could have kept the hammer down but decided not to - it's just a training run!
splits were good. TC1 07:44, 10:23, 13:07, 17:43, 21:30, 25:55, 30:10 (could have gone 29:30 but as I say I took it real easy down the Loughrea Rd).
32:30 at the turn, then decided to lift the pace again to ensure I get in under 35. I knew I would as I passed Supervalu in 34:00 - so decided to kick on & got in under my 35 mins - happy out.
I realised as I sprinted the last few hundred meters that my sprint is absolutely pathetic - I can't run fast at all! I actually don't really know how to :-) I could do with a few lessons.
Watching the Tokyo Olimpics at the minute - it's great viewing - Sifen Hassan may make history tomorrow in the 1,500m - if she can win this then she'll (bar a disaster) win all 3 events (1.5k, 5k & 10k) - but the test is the 1,500m - I hope she does it. As for the Irish contingency, it's best we not talk about this (as usual) - though to be fair to Andrew Coscoran, he is a name for the future...
As for us snails (semi respectable club runners) - it's a cycle tomorrow then a 30 min grass run for Sunday.
I want to get some distance running in before my grand depart to the UK on Monday week where I start my new professional life :-)
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