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Thursday Jun 9, 2011 #
5 PM
Road running warm up/down 14:42 2.32 km (6:20 / km) +11m 6:11 / km
ahr:110 max:133 weight:75.9kg shoes: Brooks Cascadia
Today was the "big day". Time for Blodomloppet - the 5 KM road race we´ve been talking about at work the last couple of months. The warm weather that they´ve had in Borlänge the past week turned into a thunder storm with pouring rain only 3 hours before the race, but the air felt much cooler for a while after that and the sun returned.
I was still busy at work one hour before the start - but left work with my computer still on and more work to do (preparing an exam for tomorrow - bad planning, I know).
After a quick visit home to change into running gear I jogged down to the finish and after a short break went out on another warm-up jog. Really warm/hot weather and I was soaking with sweat already before start.
I was still busy at work one hour before the start - but left work with my computer still on and more work to do (preparing an exam for tomorrow - bad planning, I know).
After a quick visit home to change into running gear I jogged down to the finish and after a short break went out on another warm-up jog. Really warm/hot weather and I was soaking with sweat already before start.
6 PM
Road running race 24:50 5.0 km (4:58 / km) +3m 4:57 / km
ahr:149 max:158 shoes: Brooks Cascadia
Blodomloppet - 5 KM Road Race.
A record participation for this race once again - 5100 runners! - so it was a bit crowded at the start line.
Got off to a decent start but tried to hold back and not rush as much as I did last year. It felt slow but good - then I looked at my watch and saw that the first 500 m had gone by in around 2.10, which is too fast for me to keep up! Tried to hold back a bit more but still at a decent pace and passed the first km in 4:40.
Then got into a comfortable pace - slightly slower - and felt confident that I could still get under my goal time, 25.00, if I could keep it up and not lose too much in the end. Second, third and fourth km´s went by and it felt like a bit more of a struggle - I was not extremely tired but I couldn´t increase the speed even if I tried a couple of times. Last km I tried to push a bit more and managed to do this a little faster than the previous three - so finished in 24:50, which is OK but not great. I thought for a while that maybe a time around low 24´s would be possible, but I guess the past few weeks of "training" (or lack of) haven´t really prepared me for a faster run than this at the moment.
A record participation for this race once again - 5100 runners! - so it was a bit crowded at the start line.
Got off to a decent start but tried to hold back and not rush as much as I did last year. It felt slow but good - then I looked at my watch and saw that the first 500 m had gone by in around 2.10, which is too fast for me to keep up! Tried to hold back a bit more but still at a decent pace and passed the first km in 4:40.
Then got into a comfortable pace - slightly slower - and felt confident that I could still get under my goal time, 25.00, if I could keep it up and not lose too much in the end. Second, third and fourth km´s went by and it felt like a bit more of a struggle - I was not extremely tired but I couldn´t increase the speed even if I tried a couple of times. Last km I tried to push a bit more and managed to do this a little faster than the previous three - so finished in 24:50, which is OK but not great. I thought for a while that maybe a time around low 24´s would be possible, but I guess the past few weeks of "training" (or lack of) haven´t really prepared me for a faster run than this at the moment.
7 PM
Road running warm up/down 5:46 0.91 km (6:20 / km) +2m 6:16 / km
ahr:127 max:135 shoes: Brooks Cascadia
Easy jog home to shower - then back to work, first to eat some of the picnic food provided for all teams, then to finish off preparing the exam for tomorrow (done at 1:30 AM).
Stretching 6:00 [1]