After the excitement of the weekend it was back to the serious business of 10k racing for me. Tonight was the Clydebank 10k, the second race in the Polaroid Series. I was hoping for a significant improvement in my poor start to the series last week at Helensburgh, not least because Clydebank is a flatter faster course. It was good to see a few more Victoria Park runners out this week - I think there were five of us competing tonight. All started off OK and I went through the first 2 or 3 km at a reasonable pace but by half way my pace had slipped back and I felt I was working very hard. Finished in 37.08 - a bit quicker than last week but I was still some way short of my target - where has my speed gone?
Another well organised race and I got a text on the way home to confirm my time and position - 46th position, gun time 37:10 and chip time 37:08.
Next up is Dumbarton, the fastest of the 4 races in this series.
Results
Found my legs still lacking power at Harrock Hill.
ReplyDeleteMy coach reckons on 5 weeks [after marathon] to get the elastic qualities back in my muscles.
think your improve in the next few weeks!
Hope you are right Rick....feel like I am putting a lot in and getting nowhere at the moment. Maybe running Monklands Half 3 weeks after London was a mistake.
ReplyDeleteMarius Bakken said the following;
ReplyDelete"It is crucial to respect the first 2-3 weeks after a marathon. In that period the elastic elements of your muscular system is still down after the marathon effort and running a half marathon so close is not advisable. Preferably, you want to wait at least 4 weeks to race thereafter - and then at the most a 5-10k race. A half marathon should wait 6-7 weeks out".
Mark I also think me running the waterloo 15k 'hard' knocked me back, as I'm running no way as fast as before London!
But anyway i tend to find it takes until June before I'm flying again, but in future I think I will respect the above advice, maybe we could get away with racing again early when we were younger not maybe we need more recovery time nowadays!