I feel i've done a lot of races recently, but when my big sis mentioned that her local GAAclub was having a funds raising 10k i jumped at the chance.
Backstory first - I went out for a 10 miler last saturday week and had to give up after 4 miles; the pain in my right calf was pretty bad and i was also getting lower back and hip pain on my left hand side.... pretty sure it was the old asics i'm still using well past use by date.
I stopped running for a complete week - its always worrying that after a running break how the aches and pains go away, leaving you feeling pretty fit and healthy until the fitness starts to wear off. Anyway after a weeks rest i went out sunday night for 4k to try out the legs. I put on my old, old nikes and felt pretty good so I headed down to Kildare the Bank Holiday Monday.
The race kicked off a few minutes after 11. I was not expecting any special time but i figured i'd try to keep with my super fast bro-in-law for as long as possible.
The first k started okay, i was feeling good and it didnt feel all that fast but i was wondering why i was breathing pretty heavily - we ended up doing it in 4mins30sec - about the fastest i've ever run a k.
i let the bro-in-law head off and i slowed down k by k, eventually hitting a slowest of 5m23s before picking it up in the last k at 5m02s for a new pb of 51m20s for 10k - chuffed or what!!
i suppose the odd rest pays off - all i've to do now is assess where my narathon training is going!!
Backstory first - I went out for a 10 miler last saturday week and had to give up after 4 miles; the pain in my right calf was pretty bad and i was also getting lower back and hip pain on my left hand side.... pretty sure it was the old asics i'm still using well past use by date.
I stopped running for a complete week - its always worrying that after a running break how the aches and pains go away, leaving you feeling pretty fit and healthy until the fitness starts to wear off. Anyway after a weeks rest i went out sunday night for 4k to try out the legs. I put on my old, old nikes and felt pretty good so I headed down to Kildare the Bank Holiday Monday.
The race kicked off a few minutes after 11. I was not expecting any special time but i figured i'd try to keep with my super fast bro-in-law for as long as possible.
The first k started okay, i was feeling good and it didnt feel all that fast but i was wondering why i was breathing pretty heavily - we ended up doing it in 4mins30sec - about the fastest i've ever run a k.
i let the bro-in-law head off and i slowed down k by k, eventually hitting a slowest of 5m23s before picking it up in the last k at 5m02s for a new pb of 51m20s for 10k - chuffed or what!!
i suppose the odd rest pays off - all i've to do now is assess where my narathon training is going!!
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