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Just chatted with coach about county champs.
Didn't realise they were track.
I never really do track racing, don't even train on one.
I suppose it depends on which is more important to you.I would have thought that you could do well at both.
600 is a long way for an U20 to sprint from, and if your move is decisive enough to catch her by surprise she won't get back to you.
I managed my slowest 10k time since 1/1/02 today - 35:37. It was hot but in the same race last year 4 weeks after FLM I did 35:08.
Anyone else still recovering from 4 weeks ago?
OK time for 10k 33.51, but missed winning by about 3 seconds. There again, the winner runs a 2.26 marathon, so out of my league.
Feel fairly much recovered. Ran 72 miles this week.
Who was the winner of yours and which did you do Pete?
Don't know the winners name, but ended up running the Sudbury court 10k
Well done Mike & Smashy on your wins
Tomorrow I'm doing my first 800m race in about 4 or 5 years. PB to beat is 2:06, will be tough after the marathon but here goes!!!!!
I've been getting 100-120mpw in most weeks and will be trying a little bit of 10K work over the next few weeks (to help me mop up the lactate as I go over the hills in the North Downs 30K) - that is the highest "quality" work I have done since I started running again, so I am a bit nervous.
Did a marathon pace session on the track in the heat this week and was clocking 6'08" pace. Stupidly forgot HRM, so I can't be 100% sure the effort was right, but am 90% sure. If so, with 5 months to go till Abingdon and plenty of weight to shift still, I'm looking on course for the 2:30, I think. That is about 30secs/mile I have dropped in the last month. It seems the long miles are paying off.
I did Manchester today - my first focused 10k in that it took place for the first time on a Sunday. Did 3 hard sessions between Tuesday - Thursday - finally collapsed in a heap on Friday from exhaustion, and thinking that 5 easy yesterday would leave me recovered for today, I headed up to Manchester. Splits went
3.19 (felt great) a little alarmed I was with the leaders, best slow down
3.14 (felt great) - oh well...
3.47 (felt fine) can allow for that - there was a hill and it was windy and I was on my own
3.19 (acceptable)
3.32 - arrived at 5k at the time I wanted to - 17.02
Send 5k - downhill all the way - passed by 4 brits!
Still, a 50 second PB on what was apparently a hard course, on a windy and hot day. 35.27. Was I happy? Was I heck! So, target to take of 45 seconds a 10 - 5 more to come before I resign myself to being a marathoner!
Milton Keynes 10k 6 July
10,000 Birmingham 24th July
British London 10k 1st August
I didn't see the television coverage, but I must have looked as though someone was ripping my quads off at that point! Craig Mottram was flying! I know that if I was to go out tomorrow I could take off 45 seconds just by cruising even more in the first 3k - I thought I was cruising but clearly I wasn't!
Does anyone know of a fast 10k on either the weekend of 19th/26th June?
(not strictly true as I did a 3000m pb in my 2nd ever attempt at the distance)
Last year I set PB's for 10 miles , 20 miles and the marathon .
So far this year only the marathon one has been broken (Only by 2 seconds but I still broke it) although we are only in May .
I'll start training seriously soon ....Hang on , didn't I say that last year!!!
Sub 2:30 next year is the target marathon wise but I also plan to go for the London to Brighton again so may have to do a few marathons as training runs during the summer/autumn- much like TT.
Also if I can find a flattish HM sometime in December. May have to wait for Brass Monkey HM in York in Jan.
5k pb due for revision as well - I've a couple of T+F meetings to do this in.
1/2M pb attempt - Reykjavik - Aug 21st
Marathon 2:30 attempt - Abingdon - Oct 17th
Smashy, come and do Thanet - very fast course!