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That's sensible, you may however find sense floats out the window once you get going and on the back of your 5k you'd be well capable of sub 42 at least.
Did you get my PM?
Yeah, I'll see how I am. My hip is feeling a bit stiff today, but maybe it'll have loosened up by Saturday (and then I'll wreck it completely
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Got your PM, that's fine with me.0 -
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Donadea 10k - 42.44
Started with a walk to the LUAS stop to get the LUAS into town to meet Chinguetti to get a lift out to the Spa Hotel to meet Mr Slow to get a lift out to Donadea... We were out good an early anyway, signed up by 9.30, and were thinking about going home again immediately because surely the race couldn't live up to the goody bag? Went for a warmup jog anyway, and met Aimman, Pistol, and averagerunner (and Digijem afterwards) before lining up at the start. A bit of a delay at the beginning, as everyone had to filter past the start line to get into position, but by a few minutes past 11 we were off...
First couple of km I thought I might be in trouble. The muscle in my upper thigh had been a bit sore during the warmup, but usually these things disappear when the race proper starts. This time it didn't. My pace dropped from 4.13 in the first k to 4.18 in the second and Chinguetti pulled away from me around 2k, after running beside me for a while, so it all looked like it might go horribly wrong for a while.
But, while I knew I wasn't going to catch chinguetti, there were plenty of other people in front of me so I started working on them. The usual targets - earphone wearers, people heavier than me, anyone whose t-shirt I didn't like the look of :pac: - you can always find a reason why the person in front doesn't really deserve to be in front of you, and should be put back in their place So I got faster again, down to 4.10 in the 3rd k... and then slower again as we got into the forest itself. Some of this was the usual 'everyone else is slowing down more so you don't realise you're slowing too', some was the usual mid-race struggle, and some of it is probably me not actually slowing down, but my Garmin getting confused by the tree cover and the bends in the path. (My pace on the Garmin was fluctuating wildly, and we all read the course as short)
Passing the 5k mark was a boost. Even though there was half the race left to go, just the fact of being on the last 'lap' made things easier. I'd been running on my own for a while, and now I started to catch up on the runners in front. The last 3k or so were very enjoyable. Up to then at the back of my mind I'd been worrying that I was going to run out of energy and slow down, but now I knew I'd be speeding up to the finish. My last k was the fastest at 4.05 pace.
Just checked the results - 21.30 for the first 5k split, 21.14 for the second
After two bad 10ks this year, I've finally run one I'm happy with. That's almost all of the time goals I set at the beginning of the year bettered - the only one left is the 3.30 marathon...
kmtd: 153.340 -
... there were plenty of other people in front of me so I started working on them. The usual targets - earphone wearers, people heavier than me, anyone whose t-shirt I didn't like the look of :pac: - you can always find a reason why the person in front doesn't really deserve to be in front of you, and should be put back in their place
kmtd: 153.34
very true. Well done on a good race 0 -
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Donadea 10k - 42.44
The usual targets - earphone wearers, people heavier than me, anyone whose t-shirt I didn't like the look of :pac: - you can always find a reason why the person in front doesn't really deserve to be in front of you, and should be put back in their place
kmtd: 153.34
I do a similiar thing. Add to that list : people with a funny gait., people with too much clothes, people with GAA gear, especially Meath GAA gear:)
Congrats on a great run, I'm running 10k tomorrow, suspect the course is hilly, would be happy to go sub 44, eager to find out what shape I'm in.0 -
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