Monday, November 10, 2008

A boost in confidence.

After my long run last week I revised my plan and reset my goal for the K2D. My goal is to beat 5 hours. Yeah I know it should be a given after a sub 4 hour marathon but being off injured and the usual bugs, slugs and colds somewhat reduced my confidence.
I just don't feel fit !.
So the revised goal is 6 hours...........
It looks like Saturday morning will be a long run then Sunday morning off to Briz Vegas for a 10k easy and a chat with fellow CoolRunners.
Last night I was only supposed to do 22k but after last weeks long run I wanted to get home feeling a lot better. I did go out a bit hard last week so this time I went out real easy and kept the pace slow. I swear I was almost walking but never looked at Garmin to see how I was going.
The last 3k a smile came across my face as I was still going and feeling good. I still had a little water and had only consumed 1 gel on the journey. A quick 50 metre to end off and I had done 30.6k at 5:40 pace. No sore legs or feeling demoralised. My confidence is back.
Tonight 15k.
Take care.

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