Training Log Archive: Kris

Morning jog and a few circuit type exercises afterwards.

I've decided against running the British Champs 5000m this weekend. My main goal is WOC and I think the negatives of racing this weekend outweigh the positives in relation to this goal. Given that I'm away next week for work, I've been away a lot recently and I've achieved my main goal for the track season already, the prospect of travelling another 14-15 hours for another race isn't all that enticing. I'd rather get my head down and keep focused on the main goal. It would have been a very cool race to do, and it is still on the bucket list, but I think this is the right call.

C • Right Call 4

In work fairly late but enjoyed getting out for this

Legs a bit better today.

Wanted to do something a bit more than jogging but didn't want to push it so went to the track and joined in with the bare minimum. 10 x 200 (200 jog) - all in 31/32s. Legs did not want to go any faster, still a bit tired.

Legs knackered but didn't push the pace at all.

Nice run around Tentsmuir with Anwen.

Wanted away early so went for a little loop before meeting Jay and Ben for a longer one. Nice to be back - legs knackered by the end..

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BMC 5000 in Loughborough, 1st!

So the aim for the track running season was to dip under 14 minutes. I'm entered into the British Championships next weekend, but I thought that this might give me a better shot at running a quick time.

Got the train down this morning (9.30-15.50) which was ok but I was feeling a bit tired and tight when I arrived. Didn't really shake that feeling until I started warming up for the race but during my warm up I started feeling really good. My tactics were to try to stay in the lead group for as long as possible and hope I had the legs to stay on pace if/when I dropped off.

I started near the back and tried to stay tucked in as much as possible. Whenever I sensed a gap opening up ahead I moved to get ahead of the split and stay in the front pack. The pacing was great and I still felt good when the pacer dropped out after 2.8km.

The two Norwegians took up the pace for a couple of laps but they quickly started to get frustrated. With 1500m to go they both moved out into lane 2 and one of them gestured for someone else to come through and do some work. I felt good, and I didn't want to mess about and risk slowing down, so I went through and took the lead. I must have got a bit of adrenaline from this as I started to get a gap. From here I just worked as hard as I could, bouyed by the commentary telling me the gap was growing. I also worked out I was safely below 14 which gave me another boost.

On the last lap the commentators started to say that the gap was closing, and with 50m to go I risked a look behind - one of the Norwegians was right on my shoulder! I gave my best attempt at a sprint and just managed to hold him off.

So that couldn't have gone much better really..

2.46, 2.46, 2.46, 2.46, 2.41

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