Pain
Well I have just come back from my mountain training run and let me tell you that I hurt! It is a beautiful spring day here and probably the warmest we have run in yet. I had some extra motivation today as we had a couple extra people tag along and one dude was just unbelievably quick. His leg strength wasn’t quite up there yet so he did walk a bit towards the end but he still beat me by about a minute! and I probably did my best time yet in about 1:19 although I forgot to wear my stopwatch so I can only give you a minute time not to the second.
As demoralising as it was every time I thought I was running this fella down he would take off again it probably did push me that little bit harder to try and catch me and so that is why I got my best time.
other good news for me is that I ran the first six km in 38minutes so I only lost 3 minutes on the second 6km which is the steeper part so that bodes well for being able to keep a decent pace over the full half marathon on race day.
October 25, 2008 at 7:22 pm
Great job! Trying to chase someone down is a great motivator. It bodes well that your 6k times were almost even. You’re headed on the right track. Good luck with your race next month
October 27, 2008 at 5:49 am
Great Job!!! Keep after it you’ll get what you want.