How not to prepare for a 10km race:
Mon - Claregalway 9.5km recovery run 37:31 (3:57's)
Tue am – Claregalway 9.5km recovery run 36:14 (3:49's)
Tue pm - Tuam AC easy run 5.9km
Wed – 2km up, 10km treadmill Z2 31:35 (3:10’s), 1.6km down. All up
13.6km
Thu – Claregalway 9.5km recovery run 37:02 (3:54's)
Fri - Treadmill 7.1km easy run 30:15 (4:15's)
Sat – Kilmovee 10km 33:32. All up 15.4km
Sun – Claregalway 9.5km recovery run 36:40 (3:52's)
Total for week 80.0km
The legs were
in bits Monday and Tuesday after the 10 miler. By Wednesday I was feeling okay
so I did a threshold run on the treadmill. Big mistake – after that it felt
like I’d ran a marathon and by the time the 10km came around on Saturday I wasn’t
right. With hindsight I would have been better advised to take it easy all week
with no sessions
Normally I
would have been licking my lips as there was a good field for the 10km race.
Conditions were tough – very breezy and I took it out fairly quick with the first
km covered on around 3:05. I then settled into my running with another guy (Eamonn) and
John Byrne as we battled the wind. Our group stayed together until around 4km
by which time I was struggling – the other 2 didn’t speed up, I just slowed
down and fell off the back!
The rest of
the race I was hanging on watching the other 2 race each other up front. I did
try one final push after turning at around 7km and getting some help from the
wind but there was no closing in on the leaders. I then just kept ticking over
the last couple of kms eventually crossing the line in 33:32 for 3rd
place (well outside my course record of 32:17 from last year).
Not my
greatest work but explainable – the legs just weren’t right and a shame I
couldn’t give a better account of myself. Nevermind, onwards and upwards and
just the kick up the behind I need to go back and start training a bit harder. Well done to
Eamonn who won the race in 32:50 and to John who finished a close second and looks in great shape
for the marathon.
Here’s a
photo with my "please let this race be over" face on:
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