Ok so it's the last race in the series, and I have been told that I'm in the lead!
No chest infection this time, so I was out to prove myself!
here we go. On the run I like to pace of the front couple of people, sometimes there are some really fast people that I can't keep up with.
But this time I was running with two guy's, and we made a big lead of everyone else. It turned out that one of those guy's was in the novice race, half the distance. So it was just me and one other guy way ahead!
I found it really easy, too easy so I pulled away! I ran a nice 16minute 5K
now on the bike and in the lead!
My legs were hurting which is unusual, maybe cos last weekends Exmoor ride and a hard week training!
But I was pulling away from Noah Knock who was about 2 minutes behind!
Onto the final 5K run.
I felt 'ok' wasn't sure if the win was in the bag. So I pushed hard!
I saw Noah who was still in second place. He was a way back, but I wasn't feeling great!
But then the final 1K, I realised that I was about to win my first race!!
Big smile hands in the air pointing number one, I crossed the line, as a marshal say's 'winner'!
Tuesday, 14 April 2009
Taunton Half-marathon
Hmm not a good idea, thrashing my legs on saturday in the hills of Exmoor, on my bike.
Then Sunday racing a Half!
I wasn't looking for a top ten or five or anything. Just done this since I was in the area!
I paced myself using a garmin forefootrunner 50 thingy! I just wanted to run at 3:45 minute kilometers to finish in under 80 minutes.
It felt nice and easy up untill 10K, where I felt a bit crappy for a few K's. Then I felt ok, untill these hills came out of knowwhere!!!
I crossed the line in 1:22, my watch said that I had done 22.5K instead of 21K! But it was all good fun!
Ironman UK 70.3 Bike Route
I love going down to taunton, and riding the bike route for the Ironman UK 70.3!
There are three reasons;
There are three reasons;
- I love riding around the hills of exmoor, it's a nice change from my normal routes.
- I like to use it as a fitness test, to see how fit I am heading into the race season.
- I like to compare my final time to see how I'll do in June.
So up at 6:00am to leave for 7:00am, for a 4hour drive.
Parked up at Wimbleball Lake and I saw a few cyclist also going out for a ride.
And of I went, I went of easy. I really wanted to feel good at the end and not blow up at mile 45 like normal!
First lap in 1:32, Hmm a bit slow for my liking but I felt great, so down to work!
Hmm 1:30 for the second. 3:02 overall and I didn't feel tired so not bad I guess!
Off to the harvester, then bed to take part in the Taunton half-marathon.
Suunto Winter Duathlon Race Two 5K/20K/5K
With a chest infection, I did not want to do this race!
But this was race two of a three race series. So I thought, I'll see how I do!
Well bad!!
All I can say is I struggled on the run, people running past me, not much different on the bike!
I was hoping for a puncture for a reason to pull out. But no luck onto the final 5K run!
God that hurt!
Oh well at least I'm still in the running for the series with a 7th place finish!
Suunto Winter Duathlon Race One
February 12Th 2009
The race season starts here.
After a two month break back in September 2008, after my first ever season!
And with three months of base training in my legs and arms (Base training, building stamina by lots of LONG and very SLOW training).
I was certainly not ready for this race, with my fastest running being 7 and a half minute mileing over three hours!
5K/20K/5K
I lined up feeling fit and fresh but not fast. I stuck with the front pack untill three peeled of and created a gap of around 60seconds!
Running into transition I felt confident in my cycling, with week in week out of 100mile rides in me!
On the bike I had the three ahead of me in my sights!
I went past the third and second by lap three of five, it took me a while to catch up to Nick Shasha,the leader. But I gained the lead by lap 4ish.
Running out onto the final 5K run I had a lead of about 30-50 seconds maybe less!
But my legs hurt bad! I felt slow. Nick and Phil Holland were running side by side catching me!
Oh well third won't be so bad I guess, but then I looked behind and only Nick was there, he passed me with less than a 1K to go. But to my surprise no Phil!
Second place well happy, my highest placing so far! 2009 is looking good!!
The race season starts here.
After a two month break back in September 2008, after my first ever season!
And with three months of base training in my legs and arms (Base training, building stamina by lots of LONG and very SLOW training).
I was certainly not ready for this race, with my fastest running being 7 and a half minute mileing over three hours!
5K/20K/5K
I lined up feeling fit and fresh but not fast. I stuck with the front pack untill three peeled of and created a gap of around 60seconds!
Running into transition I felt confident in my cycling, with week in week out of 100mile rides in me!
On the bike I had the three ahead of me in my sights!
I went past the third and second by lap three of five, it took me a while to catch up to Nick Shasha,the leader. But I gained the lead by lap 4ish.
Running out onto the final 5K run I had a lead of about 30-50 seconds maybe less!
But my legs hurt bad! I felt slow. Nick and Phil Holland were running side by side catching me!
Oh well third won't be so bad I guess, but then I looked behind and only Nick was there, he passed me with less than a 1K to go. But to my surprise no Phil!
Second place well happy, my highest placing so far! 2009 is looking good!!
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