Like the surpise whenever i woke up in the mornings. the first steps indicate how my legs feel.
Not too bad, not too tired.
Did my normal routine. Heat the water for Coffee. Its the usual coffee and milo mix. Prerace drink. Next, I decided to mix the power gel with my isotonic drink with some blueberry juice.
I am a creative adventurer.....
Did the warm ups and stretches. Sky is dark and getting ready to pour by the time we start.
Was targeting for the win until I saw Jason and Oliveria.
Jason was the 14:30min 5k runner. Oliveria is my new friend, beat me in the AHM by 20s.
Did my usual fast start. Jason kept up. Gek dropped out. He revealed later that he had a slightly pulled hamstring. Knew Jason is a few levels higher than me. Trying to feel out if he is taking this easy and running with me or he would be looking at records.
At the start, it seems he is lookin for a 30k running partner. But after that , pace starts to increase and i couldn't keep up.
So i ran with Oliveria. it was a good pace as he didnt gave me any chance to slow down. Always picking up when I am choosing to go easy..... he is strong up the hills. After a few hills, I decide to let him go and catch up on the down. Racing up the hill is too much and we have to pay for it later....
We ran in the rain. It was pouring rather heavy. Not too bad. Prefer it to the heat. However , on the return to MacR, the ground was soaked. In certain areas, I couldnt see my foot as the water is ankle deep. Oliveria broke away from me after he decided to miss 1 water point. I kept close but lost him on the "roots" portion. I deem it too dangerous to speed through it. (or was it another mental excuse that I conjur up?)
At the last 2.5k TT route, I spd up again in any hopes to catch him. But alas, it was too late. Lost again to him by 20s.
Timing: 2hr 7mins
Placing: 3rd.
Was rather happy at the effort. Did another 2-3k cool down to make up the total distance near to 35km.
However, timing wise wasn't that great. 7mins off the 4min/km pace that i had targeted.
Shortcomings:
Tiredness from training
Yet to inject my VO2 sessions
Water log puddles
Just weakness..?
However, Ernst and Gek return 2mins later. This is worrying. By my effort, I thought the gap will be large, but at just 2 mins.... this is not really good. Back to trainings.
Did a 20lap swim in the evening. Water was cool and great for recovery.
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