Today was the Gold Events Vale Park 5k race. As mentioned on my last post, this race is to get a baseline time for a 5k race effort. My expectation was a time around 18:45. This actually translates to the same pace that I ran for 10k this year in April and May. But I was peaking for a main goal back then. Today, I was finishing a reset period of gym conditioning work and no real threshold work on bike or run.
Firstly it was an age group win. Surprised actually as the age cat was 50 - 59 and I’m at the top of this 10 year grouping. But there was another race taking place at the Cheadle 4. I did t fancy this race as it was basically up a big hill and down the other side. With two slightly aching Achilles tendons, I thought I’d give that a miss!
My time was 18:40, which was in line with expectations. I may have gone off a taste fast but I felt ok. The course was undulating and a few twisty gravel stretches. So not that fast I suppose. I felt strong but couldn’t up the pace in the last kilometre. It was another case of terminal velocity. Not sure if I can find any more speed but I’ll try to gain more pace when I get back to the track.
Today I wore the Vaporfly 2 bargain fast pumps I got yesterday.
Great shoes and I really enjoys running in them today. Tired now but may try a recovery spin later.
What’s next? Manchester Duathlon 20 August. But I want to ease into track work and touching speed every day possible - as described in my last post.
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