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I hope you re having a good time there! I'm just back from Brittany had few runs it was nice and warm
Yeah, enjoying it alright. Its lovely here! Running is going well too, the more and more I get out the more I think about doing DCM again this year......could be back out in the park for the LSR's by August! Did you guys make it down to Donadea that weekend?0 -
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SamforMayo wrote: »Between yourself, The Bitter Lemon and Blockic running in fancy locations I'm suffering from running envy!
Well in that case then I probably shouldn't tell you that I'll be doing my LSR in Bruges on Friday morning!
Heading there for the weekend and Ive been told I have do the loop of the city along the canal while there!
But ill be back home to the same old routes in no time! Gotta do it while I can!0 -
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Ah feck off! Bruges is fab.Well in that case then I probably shouldn't tell you that I'll be doing my LSR in Bruges on Friday morning! Heading there for the weekend and Ive been told I have do the loop of the city along the canal while there!
But ill be back home to the same old routes in no time! Gotta do it while I can!0 -
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Sunday 15th
Race Day: L'Equipe 10km, Paris
I had spent ages trying to find a suitable race for June and was really struggling to find anything that wasn’t either a trail run, some random distance I wasn’t interested in (e.g. 11.5km, 14km etc) or too far away or hard to get to without a car. So I was himming and hawing about entering this due to the fact it would cost a fair bit to get there, entry fee of €25 and accommodation (as there was no bib collection on the day) but I decided to go for it anyway (on a budget!) and Im glad I did! Due to the fact I was trying to do it on the cheap I found a ‘hostel’ a couple of metro stops outside Paris so it would be easy to get to the race the next day. Now, I have stayed in some weird and wonderful hostels on my travels in the past....but this one took the biscuit – full of shady characters, including the ‘landlady’ (who I reckon spends her free time writing reviews for the hostel as it had excellent write-ups on the booking site!!). So I ended up sleeping feck all with one eye open for most of the night. As soon as my alarm went off at 6:30am I leaped up and got the feck outta there! So not the most ideal pre race night prep!
Pre Race:
As I had left so early, I was one of the first to arrive at the race, maybe only a hundred people around already waiting for the bag drop to open. So I just walked about having a nose around and stretching/jogging. Dropped the bag in and took a 10min jog to the starting area. Again I was one of the first in the 45min pen, but wanted to be so as to avoid congestion, as it was a massive field running! Once it started to fill up a bit I took my place right up the front of the wave! Hoping to pull off a 45min time, so aiming for even 4:30 splits! Good atmosphere around the place too and it felt a bit like DCM as it was such a big event!
Kms 1 - 5
It had been forecast to be a hot and sunny day, but no sign of it yet once we were off and a nice cool breeze around, perfect for running.....or so I thought! Once we took the first turn about 500m in, there was the sun hiding around the corner waiting for us! But thankfully there was plenty of shade throughout the race, with very few completely exposed areas – so it was easy to keep cool! The first km went by nice and easy in 4:22, (a couple of seconds faster than expected) so I thought I’d try slow it down but 2nd and 3rd km’s were the same at 4:22 and 4:24 (even though I nearly got taken out by an OAP who decided he was crossing the street dragging a suitcase through the horde of runners coming his way.....he actually looked he regretted his decision though about half way across!
). I did ease off a bit for the next one which was 4:31 and the 5th came in at 4:28. Moving along nicely on the beautiful streets of Paris for the first time, so I was trying to take in the surroundings at the same time as running! There were loads of bands playing by the side of the road, I think I counted 6 in the first 5k, but lost count after. Great craic....and they created a lovely atmosphere!
Kms 6 -9
The 6th and 7th kms went by in much the same fashion, 4:27 and 4:29. But by the 8th I was starting to feel a bit tired and knew I was pushing myself. There had been a couple of drags in the previous couple of kms and it was beginning to hurt a little (but that’s a good thing, right?). So no matter what I tried I couldn’t keep the pace below my target and did the 8th in 4:34. Not far off, and I had time in the bank from before but I didn’t want to let it slip away, and I managed to get the 9th back on target, bang on 4:30! Good stuff only 1 to go now!
Km 10
This split is worthy of a heading of its own! As we turned onto the last straight with just over 1k to go, I could see the finish line way off at the end of the street.......and it was all downhill! I put the boot down and gave it everything I had left. Which resulted in my fastest ever full split in a race of 3:54 :eek:. I enjoyed that last km so much, was lovely to have a long downhill finish, especially as I wasn’t really aware of the course profile at all so had no idea what to expect!
Result:
So, I finished up in 44:15, which is a PB of just over 3 mins (not counting the last 10k in May, which was short!) Absolutely delighted with this result, considering I had missed 3 months of running over the winter with an injury, but it just confirms that my PB’s from last year were definitely a bit soft! Not sure of my next goal races but most likely Athlone HM and DCM, with possibly a 10m/10k before then!
Oh and most importantly, the spread was great......I hovered around the tables for about fifteen mins afterwards stuffing my face with fruit, cakes, jellies, cereal bars, crackers and water before heading off for a change and a ‘quick’ clean with some baby wipes before heading off to do a whirlwind trip of Paris. Covered just shy of another 20km by bike and on foot the rest of the day, so I am absolutely fooked today and will be sitting on my arse for the remainder of it!
Split |[Avg Pace (per km)|Avg HR
1 | 4:22 | 153 (80%)
2 | 4:22 | 160 (83%)
3 | 4:34 | 159 (83%)
4 | 4:31 | 159 (83%)
5 | 4:28 | 159 (83%)
6 | 4:27 | 158 (82%)
7 | 4:29 | 159 (83%)
8 | 4:34 | 156 (81%)
9 | 4:30 | 158 (82%)
10 | 3:54 | 162 (84%)
Summary| 4:23| 158 (82%)
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Thursday 19th
(4m) 6.4km @ 6:04/km – AVG HR 124bpm (65%)
First outing since the race, as my legs were pretty sore all week. So had a spin on the bike instead on Tuesday and also early this morning before heading out for a run in the evening. Still a bit stiff starting out so took it handy until they loosened up a bit and then home for plenty of stretching afterwards.
Settled on the Marathon plan tonight, its a mixture of 2 HH plans (Novice 2/Advanced) with some other modifications, namely swapping a couple of the cross training sessions on a Sunday for Recovery Runs instead.
Round 2 begins on Monday!
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