La Belle Iloise

Sun September 2 2007
Listed by Keefy Beefy
Entrants (1) Club PB SB Pred Time WAVA
Keefy Beefy Went in to this feeling very unconfident after a week of feeling truly shattered at times. Didn't taper at all, dropped an interval session after a failed double on Tue, had just one rest day off the back of 7 consecutive days running and a felt a couple of figgles this morning. I set off considering my ability to maintain 4:20s (the pace Fetch predicts from my last 10K) and the possibility of my first DNF. It was definitely the worst state of mind I've had for a race where I know some sort of PB is a certainty. The first 10K were a battle but I got through it with my usual just-one-more-km approach and by 14K I felt like I was on the home straight. I started quite near the front to avoid too much weaving and the crowd that were around me were definitely more competitive and a good spur at times. I sped up at 15K because it felt comfortable and, more importantly, I knew the race would be over quicker. By the final 3-4 kms I was feeling good and could probably have managed another few at 4:20. As it was I did them closer to 4:10 and the final one at 4:00. So a good result - nearly 8.5 mins off my time from April. Just feel wired and drained from it. I'll be more happy when I've drunk this bottle of wine... Unaffiliated 1:30:00 1:30:29 1:33:30 1:30:29 64.07







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