Training Log Archive: Craig

10x400 hard/400 float around the lower oval. Was hoping to be around 4:00/km on the efforts and 4:30/km on the floats but conditions were a bit difficult with strong gusty winds and a few soft patches on the oval. Most of the efforts were pretty close to target with just a couple at 4:08/km, they seem to have been with the wind but I think were after recoveries into a strong headwind. I remember at one stage realising I was starting to slack off a bit and was about to start pushing harder when I remembered I was half way through a recovery. I think I had forgotten it was a recovery because it had been so hard pushing into the wind. Overall time was 33:47 for 8km which is probably the fastest I have run that distance in the last couple of years.

Feeling confident of breaking 42 now, optimistic about 41 but still pessimistic about 40. I think I would need to be having a good day and perfect conditions to have any chance of breaking 40. Already thinking about looking for another 10k later in the year for a more realistic chance, maybe the John Gilmour track race on the 3rd of November.