5km Race Update

Disappointed with my 5km run this month. Managed 28.23, about 1.12 slower than last month. Here's how it stands...

July 5km - 34.02
August 5km - 30.22
September 5km - 27.11
October 5km - 28.23

I was really excited about this run, I genuinely thought I could achieve 25 mins. I've been working very hard on my interval running over this month, notching up about 8km in 45 mins.

I knew I had to run each km at 5 mins max, so I started off very strong, keeping up with the first half of the runners. At 1km, I clocked in at 5.07. So I was a little bit behind and i started to panic. I ended up doing too much in the second km which made things worse in the third and didn't leave me much to salvage in the last 2km.

I'll need to make some tweaks to my training now. I've already got a few things in mind. I'll start working on it from Tuesday.

I'm booked up to January for the 5km races. I'll definitely make an improvement in November.

Second 5km Completed!

I'm very pleased with my latest 5km run from last night. I managed to complete the run in 34 mins and 22 secs, almost 4 mins fast than my last time!!!

It was a very, very tough course because it was quite hilly and had lots of different gradients. This one was a proper 'race' as opposed to a 'fun run', so it had people in their from professional/amateur running teams.

I decided to stick with a couple of the slower people at the back to pace myself, but then I got a bit cocky and went ahead of them half way through the race, only for them to catch up and overtake me when I ran out of steam towards the end.

Here's how it stands so far:

July 5km - 34.02
August 5km - 30.22

September and October races have also been booked, bearing in mind October's is a 10km obstacle course, not a 5km run. If I can find a 5km run towards the end of October, I may consider doing that too, but I won't get too boosted just yet!

Eating and exercising going very well, hopefully will be pleasantly surprised for the next weigh in on September 1st.