A/R 5k TT 25th April ‘20.

Murph_D wrote: »

Plenty more to come yet? Wonder how Quirkey got on?

Quirkey is the well known poster of former years, correct? Do believe I shared a beer or two with him after Frankfurt 2015. At least I think he was there, along with Krusty and The Piper. That was a good line up that year.

20:09 for me and surprisingly I’m not that disappointed even though I haven’t broken 20min since 2015. I think I’ll do it on the next one??

Looked at the watch after a couple of hundred metres which showed 5:30 pace so I even had the ‘going off too fast’ mistake just like a real race.

Great idea for an event B and hope you’re feeling ok.

19:46 for me, ran it this morning on the Holywell Junior Parkrun / Singer DCM 2020 MP loop

Happy to have gone sub-20, a completely arbitrary but crucial target to hit!

All out by the end, it was great to flop on to the grass at the end and bask in the sun for a few minutes as recovery. All races should have an empty patch of grass beside the finish line for this.

Thanks a mil to OONegative and all the posters. Super thread, and there's no way I would have gone out and done this on my own.

Very jealous of everyone today, well done all.
Hopefully I'll give this a rattle in 2/3 weeks.

adrian522 wrote: »

Donation made just now, link if anyone needs it...

https://www.littleblueheroes.org/donate

It felt strange donating €19.01 :pac:

I'm tempted to try again next week seeing as I missed my target, might keep going weekly until I break the sub 20 as a solo run, don't think the weather will ever be more perfect than this morning tough.

Then again i might just up my drinking instead:)

DNS for me - read the rules wrong - didn’t realise it had to be done by 12 . Donated anyway as good cause and inspired me to run fast albeit not on time ! Will deffo do the next one and actually read instructions .Thanks for organising and hope you get well soon

Bluesquare wrote: »

DNS for me - read the rules wrong - didn’t realise it had to be done by 12 . Donated anyway . Will deffo do the next one and actually read instructions .

Donation complete

Was it not midnight tonight?

Well done everyone. Donation of my time done as well.

I enjoyed this. Did it on the very familiar mile route used for the club race series during the year, I'd often do sessions there too.

Lusk 4 mile a few weeks ago (feels like years ago) gave me a predicted time of 26:29. Weighing up that training has gone well since vs doing this solo I said I'd aim for sub 27 and see if there was any change left over. The plan called for a 5k tt anyway with instructions not to overthink it, to run by feel as much as possible, get into the habit of practicing mental toughness and pushing on.

Toed the line, watch ready and took off. My goal was not to take off too fast. Utter fail a few hundred of metres in, I could see 7:xx on the watch. Made the effort to slow down and the first mile was 8:22. Struggled with the mental demons on the second mile "I've to do this loop twice more??"

I knew I was slowing but that I had time banked from the first mile loop. Just focused on not getting disheartened by the slower pace on the lap and do the best I could. That came in at 8:44 so I only lost a few seconds on the sub 27 pace goal. Going through 2.11 I could see I only needed just under a 9 minute last mile for the original target. However I knew I had the extra time still banked so a better time could be on the cards if I could keep the pace up.

The legs were like jelly at this stage, and the breathing was ragged. I was running on the road (it's quiet) to avoid up and down on footpaths and to make sure I was well socially distant from anyone who might appear. I could see I was holding pace and started pushing on a bit before the third mile ended - 8:38. Knew I was in with a chance of the Lusk predicted time so ignored everything that was suffering and gave it welly for the last bit 7 m/m pace and a 26:30 finish.

Happy with that. Ticked the box of feeling like a race and going out too fast, hanging on, digging in and pushing for the finish. Knowing I had to report back here and for the plan was a good motivation. Sat on the kerb for a breather after and the calves were locked and like rocks initially. Eased out with a little walk and a shuffle home.

Well done all. Some incredible times and great to see lots of excitement about it all. I've enjoyed seeing the reports and strava details going in.

Can I count this as my first race in a new age category - masters?

Thanks for organising B!

Thanks for a reason to TT, did 19:44 for 5.02km, happy to go under 20 even if slower than earlier in the year, donated there too, thanks for organising

Annie get your Run wrote: »

Was it not midnight tonight?

I don’t think so but sure I did it anyways and it gave me a focus for the last few weeks !

Bluesquare wrote: »

I don’t think so but sure I did it anyways and it gave me a focus for the last few weeks !

I thought it was until midnight too. Sure AMK did about 4 attempts this afternoon

Murph_D wrote: »

It is midnight alright. Out you go.

Damo might be out later for attempt 2 as well...