Training Log Archive: Tim CIn the 1 days ending Mar 19, 2017:
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| « | » |
| » now | ||||
| |||||||
| Su |
Sunday Mar 19, 2017 #
8 AM
running race 1:42:34 [4] 21.79 km (4:42 / km) +522m 4:12 / km
shoes: Inov8 trail talon 250 (lumo)
Final day of African x
Robbie couldn't run today because he was starting the Cape Epic, so Jono came to sub in for him.
Starting with the 'slow bunch' an hour before the elites because we were unofficial, so not really anyone to race, but I still wanted to have a proper go at it and see if we could beat their times.
A couple guys went out hard at the start and we just stuck behind them, ending up running sub 4min/km for the 1st 10km , they soon died though and we tried to keep the pace up as much as possible, but Jono wasn't having a great day and was struggling a bit when we hit the climb, so wasn't particularly fast going. He found some energy again for the flats and downs and the rest of the way was a bit of a cruise into the finish- still pushing, but comfortably so.
1st people over the line which was pretty cool, but about 3min down on the winners in the end.
Really awesome experience overall and I'm really impressed with how the body held out! Think it helped that I never had to push full out, but still not exactly an easy 3 days of running and a lot further than I'm used to running.
So would've been 5th team overall after the 3 days, with a fair tine gap on both sides.
Keen for next year and possibly some other stage races if I can afford the entry fees :p
Robbie couldn't run today because he was starting the Cape Epic, so Jono came to sub in for him.
Starting with the 'slow bunch' an hour before the elites because we were unofficial, so not really anyone to race, but I still wanted to have a proper go at it and see if we could beat their times.
A couple guys went out hard at the start and we just stuck behind them, ending up running sub 4min/km for the 1st 10km , they soon died though and we tried to keep the pace up as much as possible, but Jono wasn't having a great day and was struggling a bit when we hit the climb, so wasn't particularly fast going. He found some energy again for the flats and downs and the rest of the way was a bit of a cruise into the finish- still pushing, but comfortably so.
1st people over the line which was pretty cool, but about 3min down on the winners in the end.
Really awesome experience overall and I'm really impressed with how the body held out! Think it helped that I never had to push full out, but still not exactly an easy 3 days of running and a lot further than I'm used to running.
So would've been 5th team overall after the 3 days, with a fair tine gap on both sides.
Keen for next year and possibly some other stage races if I can afford the entry fees :p