I met Kristi and Mike at the park and ride so we could make our way together to the training run that was starting at Landsdowne park. It's part of the beer run series (or something like that... who knows...). We get there, meet other people, see the pace bunnies and none of them are my speed. There is one for 2h15 minutes and one for 2h30m... so I decided to start with the 2:25 bunny and slow down whenever I needed I would have the other group that would catch up. Off we go.
Well, I ended up staying with my first bunny, Kristi and Lorna (I think that was her name) for the whole 21.1km and ended up getting a new PR -2h14m! So much for slow and steady! Funny thing is I didn't feel out of breath or really that tired. I still had lots of energy to sprint at the end for a good 200 meters.
At about km16 or so, I felt my left glutes wasn't firing anymore... I have to figure why that happens... and if it does happen, how to get it going again. It's quite annoying because when that happens, everything else starts to fall apart... like the IT band - ouch that hurts! I was able to control the pain and keep going, but I'm paying for it today. More painful rolling in my future! Oh well... the life of a runner!
I'm very pleased with this training run! What will the next session bring? Only time will tell!
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| Marc, Kristi and I at the end of the run. |
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| Team Awesome: some of us were part of the panel after the run. |
