13M - double; recovery run and x-country race
4M am recovery run at ~6.30min/M
9M pm incl 5M x-country race (31st/340ish; 27min 39s; ~5.30min/M)
I felt much less tired this morning on my gentle pre-race recovery run. I'm not quite sure what to think about the race. Psychologically, it felt like a poor performance. I was the 4th fastest from the club and lost about 10 places in the last 2/3rds of the race after going a bit hard at the beginning. My heavyish / tired week may have played a part too - not sure.
I was completely spent at the end, and to be honest was in trouble after the first mile and a half. My arms were full of lactic acid and I felt like I was going to fall over on the steep downhill section on each of the three laps. Still, it was a great training session - a full blown tempo run. And I'll sure it'll help my performance next week in Cardiff.
One bonus: I beat a world champion! Ronnie O'Sullivan. He's a very good runner. I'll leave him be on the snooker front for now.
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I Richard You should have done things the other way round - ie do the race and the a rund later on in the day or just the race and a then two more laps of the coarse.
ReplyDeleteRaccing xcuntry is hard work in its self.
Ron