Friday, July 10, 2009
Just Got My Race Number
Just before heading down to Oxegen I've just gotten my race number for the 5 mile race in the post. I'm number 24.... I hope that doesn't mean they think I'm any good!
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
5 Mile Race in 10 Days
For some reason, I woke up in the middle of the night last weekend and convinced myself I'd made a huge fuck up. You see, I woke up sure that the Irish Runner 5 Mile Challenge, the first in the Adidas Race Series, was going to take place on Saturday July 11, ie when I'd be at Oxegen!
Thankfully, I was wrong, and it was just my mind playing tricks on me in the middle of the night! The race takes place, as scheduled, on Saturday July 18. It's exciting as it's th first time I'll have done anything like this since school.
The training is going up and down. Lots of annoying little injuries (seem to be mostly impact related) means I haven't exactly got as many miles under my belt as I would have hoped to by now (maybe at 75-85%). However, I'm still very confident that I'm on course for a sub 4 hour marathon.
If I so desired, I could run this upcoming 5 mile race in sub 40 minutes. However, I'm hoping to use this race, and the entire race series, to practise my pacing for the big day. I accept that I'm going to run the second half of the marathon slower than the first half, that seems to be the one piece of advice that everyone is giving me. Therefore, to get over the line in less than 4 hours, I have to run the first half in 1.45. That's 8 minute miles for 13 miles.
Now, what I've to consider in this is that the start is going to be very slow, and so I have to assume the first 5 miles are going to be 8.30 per mile. Therefore, with this run, I hope to pace myself at that speed, meaning I should complete the race in (if my maths is working!) 42.30. It's not the fastest pace in the world, of course, but it's good practise for running in a crowd and pacing myself.
Getting excited now!!1
Thankfully, I was wrong, and it was just my mind playing tricks on me in the middle of the night! The race takes place, as scheduled, on Saturday July 18. It's exciting as it's th first time I'll have done anything like this since school.
The training is going up and down. Lots of annoying little injuries (seem to be mostly impact related) means I haven't exactly got as many miles under my belt as I would have hoped to by now (maybe at 75-85%). However, I'm still very confident that I'm on course for a sub 4 hour marathon.
If I so desired, I could run this upcoming 5 mile race in sub 40 minutes. However, I'm hoping to use this race, and the entire race series, to practise my pacing for the big day. I accept that I'm going to run the second half of the marathon slower than the first half, that seems to be the one piece of advice that everyone is giving me. Therefore, to get over the line in less than 4 hours, I have to run the first half in 1.45. That's 8 minute miles for 13 miles.
Now, what I've to consider in this is that the start is going to be very slow, and so I have to assume the first 5 miles are going to be 8.30 per mile. Therefore, with this run, I hope to pace myself at that speed, meaning I should complete the race in (if my maths is working!) 42.30. It's not the fastest pace in the world, of course, but it's good practise for running in a crowd and pacing myself.
Getting excited now!!1
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