BRRC 10k Champ

Mon
Rest
Tue
60 minute walk. My legs still feeling thrashed after the Half on Sunday.
Wed
6.8k 36:53 (HR 138 5:25) Easy recovery run.
Thu
9.5k 49:23 (HR 152 5:11)

Fri

9.5k 58:42 (HR 124 6:10) Ran with J & C. Easy run up until madness broke out in the last 400m when a mad sprint to the end broke out. Can't blame it on testosterone fuelled male competitiveness as it was Christine who made the first move!

Sat

Rest

Sun

BRRC 10k Champ 48:38 (HR 169 4:51) 3rd in M55-59 Age Group.

It took me a long time this week to recover from the Half Marathon from last Sunday. It wasn't till Friday that I felt like I was running without sore legs. 

 Today I thought I could go sub 50 and set out at that pace. After one K, I felt I could up the pace a little and settled into a 4:55 rhythm and went through the first lap in 24:42. Still feeling quite comfortable, I stepped it up to 4:45 pace and started reeling a few runners in. I was suprised that I caught and passed Clairie at around the 7.5 Ks. In the last couple of Ks it started to get tough but with lots of huff and puff I managed not to drop the pace. 

I shouldn't have been suprised when Clairie whizzed past me with about 400m to go. I would have loved to have accepted the challenge for a battle to the line but I was red-lining myself. That will have to wait till another day in the hopefully not to near future.