Speedwork at B & MH, 4 x 1k, 6 Miles Total
I went to Down Grange with Rob again to run our Tuesday speedwork session, details below:2 Mile Warmup, WO NB 834's
4 x 1k, 3 minutes recovery in Nike Zoom Ventulus
[3:05, 3:05, 3:06, 3:06] - reasonably windy, but I hit my target times - "How do you like them apples!.."
2 Mile Cooldown, WO NB 834's
6 Miles Total
4 x 1k, 3 minutes recovery in Nike Zoom Ventulus
[3:05, 3:05, 3:06, 3:06] - reasonably windy, but I hit my target times - "How do you like them apples!.."
2 Mile Cooldown, WO NB 834's
6 Miles Total
On reflection, I'm reasonably happy with how the session went. It felt easier than the speedwork I've been doing prior, but then it was easier! Theres no need to flog myself with a 10k coming up this weekend.
Speaking of races, Martin told me of the racing schedule Basingstoke had planned for me. It consists of running as many of Men's Southern League 5k's as I can get in the team for, mixed with some midweek 3k's at Watford for speed, and some road 10k's for a good endurance measure. Towards the end of the Summer we'll be looking towards training for a Half Marathon, and the Great South Run (I'd best enter that now!) for me to get my long distance running freak on. It all sounds good, and its nice to hear that they've mapped out my year like that already. Another confidence booster came from Barry, who said he was looking towards getting Rob & I well inside the top 20 of the Hampshire Cross Country League this coming season, which would represent a massive improvement for the pair of us. I get the feeling Barry's the kind of guy who calls a spade a spade, and wouldn't molly-coddle us. If a 33 minute 10k was my top limit, I reckon he would have told me by now.
Of course I may be getting ahead of myself a little here. After all, my next race is in 5 days time, so forget the Hants League for now! Obviously I feel a bit of stress leading into this one, as it is my first road race (the Wargrave 10k) under my new coaches, and it will give me some idea of if I'm taking well to their training or not (yet!). I guess it is getting used to racing without the measure of security that running under a coach who's been directing you for 2+ years provides (with decent results to be fair). No dig at Barry or Martin, who I have absolutely every confidence in, but has been a significant change to my whole running ethos over the last few weeks (for the better, I'm certain) and these 'rights or transition', such as ones first road race, are going to be quite stressful for me. Not so much so that it'll affect my race times though, I'm sure! At least with Rob improving at the rate he is, it gives me someone to potentially share the pacing with over this coming race season, so that can only improve both our times, regardless of such stresses. Show/Hide this post [+/-]
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