Southern Men's League, Division One - 5k, 7 Miles Total
Average race for me this afternoon really. I was relegated to B-string (again) due to the presence of the amazing Toby Lambert, who hacked around the race to win, unchallenged, running 15:04 in a mild breeze. This resulted in me running a rather cagey tactical race to try and get the maximum possible points by winning the B race. Probably for the best really, as I wasn't in the correct mindset to run for a time. Details of my 'Battle at Basingstoke' are below:2 Mile Warmup, plus strides & drills (leg swings, e.t.c.) in WO NB 834's
Southern Men's League, Division One 5k [16:40] in Nike Mayfly's
2 Mile Cooldown in WO NB 834's
7 Miles Total
Southern Men's League, Division One 5k [16:40] in Nike Mayfly's
2 Mile Cooldown in WO NB 834's
7 Miles Total
I spend the first couple of kilometres draughting off a Winchester runner (as the lead 3 runners, including Toby, were well away from the rest of us!), with a chap from Aldershot Farnham & District (AFD) tucking in behind us when I tried to jockey the Winchester runner to a faster pace. AFD's B runner tried to break me at 2.5k, but I stuck to his tail, realized he was having a rough patch, and surged in the last kilometre, beating him by some 20-30m in the end. The pace felt very easy (I could have carried on quite easily), and I felt much more in control of my race, more aware of what was going on around me if you will. I ended up 4th overall & 1st B-string scorer (yay!). I'm not disappointed with the time, because watching the AFD runner the way I did put times out of the window. Barry also felt that I ran a much better race than my last Southern outing, despite the time difference. He feels that when the right race presents itself my sub 16:00 will manifest itself, as I'm doing all the training to facilitate it. My knee felt a little trick in the warmup, but it loosened up before the race thanks to my drills. The Mayfly's felt very good, so I think I will be using them as my 5k racers of choice, when its not raining (I'll use my Nike Zoom Ventulus should that eventuality crop up).
To summarize, a good day methinks! Show/Hide this post [+/-]
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