Ran a 2 second PB today at State 10k Road's. Time was 34:20. Went out with an aggressive strategy of attacking the downhill sections, relaxing the uphill and hanging on for as long as possible. In hindsight I probably went out a little hard and missed a chance to go sub 34, but what the heck, a PB is a PB and I haven't ran one for nearly 12 months now. The first 7 km's were great but the final 3 kms uphill took its toll. I could only average 3:34's when it really counted over the closing 3 km's. No complaints, I gave absolutely everything I had. 64th overall, in a strong field and 5th M40-44.
Not a lot of running this week, with the focus on race taper and peaking.
Monday - 35 mins including strides
Tuesday - 4 km fartlek at 3:28 pace (700 hard / 300 relaxed). All up 11 kms including warm-up & warm-down
Wednesday - 45 mins including strides
Thursday - 3 x 500 relaxed hills @ 1:42 splits. All up 11 kms.
Friday - 30 mins
Planning on a couple of hours tomorrow. Next race Gold Coast 1/2 marathon on 3 July. Will hopefully get some decent consistent mileage in between now and then.
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