Wargrave woes of the darting dilettante, (10.7 Miles Approx.)
Apologies for the delay readers! I went out for a few beverages last night, and I slept for a good portion of the afternoon yesterday, hence the delay. 'It is no excuse, but it is my reason'. I'm sure you want me to get down to the 'nitty-gritty', so the important details of yesterday are summarized below:4000m Warmup, plus dynamic mobilisation exercises (leg swings, 'hot-feet', walking ankle raises, high knees), in WO NB 834's
Wargrave 10k, 5th place overall, 3rd Berkshire Senior Male, 34:27 in Saucony Fastwitch
3200m Cooldown in WO NB 834's
10.7 Miles Total
Wargrave 10k, 5th place overall, 3rd Berkshire Senior Male, 34:27 in Saucony Fastwitch
3200m Cooldown in WO NB 834's
10.7 Miles Total
Finishing the Wargrave with my signature 'Thunderbirds' style arm action & armpit juice
Wargrave was a bit of a mixed bag for me really. I was first Roadrunner home, which was nice! However, putting it mildly, my legs felt crappy from the start of the race. As I left the playing field (~300m) I felt like I'd already run a few 1k repetitions! Having said that, my run wasn't that bad in the grand scheme of things, just very average really, which is good given the fact that if I'd responded badly to the new training I wouldn't be clocking times like this as an 'average run'. The first half of the course was generally uphill, it was a reasonably breezy day, and I was relatively isolated in my part of the field, thus the race wasn't really set up for a PB (many other quality local runners ran worse than the form book would have suggested they should as well). I was only 7 seconds off my road PB (at Sedgemoore last year), which drives me a bit potty as I eased off and jogged in the last kilometer as my knee was playing up again (it actually started at about 3k, urrgh). If I'd maintained my effort level, I would of had a new road PB, but such is life. Being able to run at all is a gift in itself, so I shouldn't moan about running what many would consider an excellent time (even though it's below my personal expectations at the moment). I'm also a little frustrated as the Berkshire Road Race series victor is now going to be decided on some sort of incredibly complicated calculated countback index thingy (patent-pending). Thus I wont find out until October whether I or the superlative Chris Bradfield is going to be County road race champion (oooh, I can't bear the tension...)! My knee aches a bit now, and I can see I need to give it a bit more respect. I'm going to try and see Rick Weatherall this week to get it sorted once and for all. The guess work just isn't working.
Craig masked his disgust at the 'ginger medal' with limited sucess.
Despite my misfortune with my knee & time, I can't moan too much, as two of my friends had it much worse (one didn't finish to course due to hamstring problems, the other ran 'a stinker' by his own high standards. I'm sure they'll both get it sorted for next time though, without a shadow of a doubt). Futhermore my 'Old Man' logged a numerically significant PB, his first sub 40 minute 10k clocking (39:59.5), sadly only by his own time piece. However, given the nature of the race I'm sure he'll knock a chunk off when he next faces up against the distance.
Oh sweet reward!..
NB: I may update the Blog later with some more action photos of various Reading Roadrunners when the official photos are put online.
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