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Pacing Mule wrote: »You obviously only saw that monthly total too late
I would have been back out the door for a quick mile !!!!
Its called still not being able to count at 35, sure i had over 100 done!!0 -
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Kilbride 5km - 20min 21sec (11th of 147 finishers)
Arrived in Kilbride at 6.45pm and the temp on the car was still reading 24 degrees, hot evening for a 5k. Loads of people there already and plenty of late registrations. I had no clue what pace i could sustain for 3.1miles but had 6.45min/miles in my head for a 21 minute finish. McMillan had me running 22.12 for 5k off my 10K time in Maynooth but i knew i was quicker than that.
Two mile warm up and i was soaked through with sweat already, doing some stretching and i bumped into a man i worked with in "narcotics" in town for a few years, he was doing the 10k and had more or less the same pace planned for his race. We made our way to the start and seen loads of kids making there way to the front, thankfully the organiser asked them to move back and let the adult runners off first. Race started more or less at 8pm and we were off. First mile was spent as usual passing the over zealous runner who started in the wrong place, it was warm but thankfully the first 2.5k are in the shade which helped. We got to the turn off the main road and my mate told me to kick on that i was only doing the baby race. Didn't need to be told twice, passed the first mile in 6.33, twelve seconds up on my goal time. I feeling good and was passing runners all the time, knee felt good to as it had not ran at this pace in well over 12 months. Just before the 2.5k passed a man who asked how far was left, i asked him what race he was doing, he said the 10k, just told him he had a bit to go yet
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We crossed onto another quiet country lane with a better surface and i just kept trying to catch runners ahead of me and stay focused, mile 2 was done in 6.31, another 13 seconds up on goal time. The coolness of the shade had gone now and the heat was beeming off my bald head, i ssen a Drogheda & District runner ahead of me and made him my goal to catch. I was starting to feel it now, but noway i was giving in. When i start to struggle in a race i think of my son and how much he means to me and it helps me suffer some more. I passed D & D man and turned onto the main road again for the run to home. The lenghth of stride was getting smaller and i was starting to take chicken strides, i could hear the announcer ahead sying "5k to the left, 10k straight on". I passed him and the watch beeped 6.34 for mile 3. I genuinely was spent and done the las t bit in 7.32. Crossed the line and nearly puked, the young lad came running up to me and said "Dad you all sweaty" and rubbed my face, all was good again. It was a well ran race, junctions well marshalled and course bang on the distance with chip timing. Its a fast 5k course which i hopefully will be back to next year. Big spread of food after with plenty for everybody, worth every bit of the €13 entry
Post Race:
I'll not lie, i'm delighted with this as it shows progression in the right direction. I held 6.35min pace for 3 miles which i honestly thought i would not be able to do for another 3-4 months. I'll not get carried away, but i'll definitely target sub 35 mins in the Irish Runner 5 mile in a few weeks and sub 20 mins in the Kinnegad 5k in early July.
WTD-11.36miles
MTD- 77.51miles
YTD-351.63miles0
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