Today I was to do 20K. The weather was chilly but otherwise nice, at 33F (1C), calm, and sunny. The forecast this week actually includes very little rain! YAY! I hope they are right.
I felt really good today. I got a bit tired around 9-10K but after taking some Clif shot blocks I felt better, and then felt really great for the rest of the workout. Of course my legs were a bit fatigued at the end, but not bad. SO much better than 20Ks I did last year with low iron! I did push the last 5K (slight uphill last 2K) because I saw I was close to 2:05 and wanted to squeak in under that time. I did!
Total time 2:04:49, ave pace 6:14/km, ave HR 149. Nice! 5K splits were equally nice: 30:51 (slight downhill), 1:02:12 for 10K (31:21), 1:33:20 for 15K (31:08), and 2:04:49 (31:29, slight uphill - nice!). Wow, those are really good for me. I'm quite happy with this! And the 1:33:20 for 15K predicts good things in the 15K race I have on May 15th. I'm definitely looking for sub-1:30 but secretly hoping for sub-1:29 :).
Garmin connect data here.
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