Training Log Archive: FRBlackSheep

Event: Forest of Dean Trails Half Marathon
 

So as usual wasn't able to follow the plan - which was to run the half at marathon pace and got over excited at the start and ran the 1st two miles at sub 5.30 pcae (it was flat, then downhill) and basically just hung in there after that - held the 1st woman until 6 miles where she dropped me on a hill. Basically went backwards from there.

Finished in 46th and got a top 50 athlete T-shirt (tidy), and am feeling ok now - proper taper starts here

Back to my useless best - made 2 x 10min errors and was physically weak on the hills, should have won this local race easily but blew it and came in 5th - getting beaten by the 'young' David May by a few seconds - doh!

Easy Sleezy - knee hurts still

C • sorry I was slow :( 2

Didn't cycle - left knee sore overnight

To work

To Battersea from work - half way there noticed I had a slightly flat back tyre - no wonder I was puffing!

Paul's Tuesday night training and he'd planned a line course - so went out on that and used it as a session to put myself under pressure and practice reading ahead and flow when it didn't matter which was just as well as a couple out from the finish I was reading ahead and got confused and missed one out - Lesson for the evening maintain concentration - muppet!

C • Right time 2

From battersea to home

Knee aching a bit after the drive home last night