Crap training and the Balla 10k

Here goes:

Mon - Treadmill recovery run 10kms in 36:00 (3:36's)

Tue - 2km up, 10km treadmill threshold run in 31:53 (3:11's), 2km down. All up 14kms

Wed - Treadmill recovery run 10kms in 35:53 (3:35's)

Thu - am - 2km up, 10km treadmill threshold run in 31:48 (3:11's), 1km down. All up 13kms

Thu - pm - Mayo AC easy 7.3kms

Fri - Claregalway 9.5kms easy in 44:06 (4:39's)!!!

Sat - Balla 10km 1st in 33:42. All up 14.5kms

Sun - Claregalway recovery run 11.1kms in 42:06 (3:48's)

All up 89.4kms for the week.

Another win in Balla. A very tough course and took the lead from the gun and nobody went with me so settled into threshold mode. I didn't feel great though and struggled to find any rhythm on the rolling hills. I added an extra 2km threshold at the end and then stopped as I was knackered. Not a great confidence booster with the half only a week away.

My other training was crap. Lots of treadmill running which was enforced with the kids being on summer hols. My treadmill pace is getting better with 2 sub 32 threshold runs but not proper training as it's all about getting out on the roads....