After talking to a friend who trains with Intraining and reading about PCRG time trails I thought I would give myself a time trail. I know most of them are 3-5k but I don't have any of those distances marked out or a nice flat coarse. The only coarse I have marked as a distance under 10k is a 8k course.
I do find it hard to really push myself training alone but I do have the motivation.
So after a 2k warm up I started the 8k time trail. No starters gun, no adrenaline flowing through the veins, no crowd of runners and no start line. The first 700m is up hill and I didn't want to burn out so I didn't push hard till the road leveled out. Second hill at 2.5k and again at 5k and 9k then run down to home.
At 3k a quick check 4:40 pace. At 5k another quick check 4:37 pace.
Overall a 4:35 pace for 8.3k and I was happy with that, sort of !
I must try make a plan to get out to one of these time trails and really push myself.
Maybe there is life left in these old legs !
Ha
Take care
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Personal PB's10
- 83.2k -11hr 11 min Glasshouse09
- 57k -6hr 2 min Cab 6hr 2009
- 56.6k -6:46mins lost at Glasshouse08
- 50k- 5:12 mins Cab 6hr 2009
- 42.2k - 3:59:19 mins 2008 Briz Vegas Marathon
- 21.2k- 1:45mins
- 15k- 1:12mins
- 12k- 50 mins
- 10k- 40mins
- 8k- 30 mins
1 comment:
An 8k TT on your own ... that sounds so tough. If I was you'd I'd be measuring out a 3k course.
Pity you aren't running at the GC, will have to catch up properly at some race some day.
PS QUEENSLANDER!!!!!!!!
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