As mentioned before, the Ravensmead 15km race was on Saturday. Getting up at 4:45 on a cold winter morning is not easiest thing, never mind driving round and round looking for the start. After finding it eventually, I found the race to be exceptionally organised with great support, plenty of water tables and accurate marker boards.
I was aiming for a sub 70 minute time and ran the race in a surprising 64 minutes. At 12km, I was at 52 minutes, and realised that with some pushing, I could do the race in 65. I ended up running the last 3km in 12 minutes, running those time trials as hard as I could has definately helped me with my stamina.
Update: The race results are available here.
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After getting my 5km time down to a respectable 18:50, I thought it time to attempt the 8km time trial. The longer distance is sure to increase stamina etc for longer races, while still improving my leg speed. As of yesterday, I was still undecided, so I posted a question to the always helpful Runner’s World forum, about time trials and got some interesting responses.
Maussie’s idea was a great one. The idea is to run the same time for the same distance, and then to determine whether your fitness is improving, you simply analyse your heart rate. Since I have just bought myself a Polar S625X, this is a brilliant excuse to use the excellent data that the watch provides.
For me personally though, I like the idea of pushing myself to the limit, so I might not use the method that Maussie suggested on time trials, rather keeping time trials for my little excuse for some speed. The sea point boulevard offers a great run, with markers, so I might just use it there.
Anyway, I ran the 8km time trial for the first time last night, and to my surprise, I really enjoyed it, and ran a 31:58, a time I’m quite proud of.
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This Saturday, the 29th of July, there’s a race out past the boerewors curtain, called the Ravensmead 15km. Praying for decent weather, I hope to complete the race in under 70 minutes, and from reading the Runner’s World forum, it seems to be a farely flat, but not very scenic race. Sounds like a prefect opportunity to concenrate and stretch the legs.
So this blog was an idea to help motivate me through the comrades training schedule. I plan to run the Comrades Marathon next year, but have not set a goal time. At the moment, I don’t have a consistent running partner for the comrades, so I’ll use this blog as motivation. They say a public statement is a great form of motivation, and what better one than a blog?
As for time, I know I’m capable of a Bill Rowan (sub 9 hours), but will wait and see after I’ve completed a few marathons. Yes, I have not completed a marathon yet… but I’ve got plenty of time. I’ve completed a few 21km and quite a few 10km races. My PB are the following, with my goal times in brackets:
- 21km : 1:45 (1:30)
- 10km : 41:00 (38:00)
- 5km : 18:50
I have chosen the current Don Oliver training schedule on the Comrades site for the Bill Rowan medal, which I hope is doing the right thing. Please feel free to comment on any of the posts here.
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