There is no doubt that the effects of the injury continue to plague me, mentally more than anything. I can't quite 'go for it'. Something still is holding me back.
Therefore I was more than a little nervous this weekend as I headed for the Excel Centre for the massive Virgin Triathlon. What an amazing venture that is. All the transitions etc are in one of the cavernous halls at the Excel, and there are multiple races, phases etc throughout the whole weekend.
I had teamed up with a couple of friends to head out in the 12:30 race on Saturday afternoon. This whole concept of a team threw up a couple of unforeseen challenges for me:
1. As a member of a team doing something very individual made me not want to let them down. As it happened our swimmer swam a PB of 30:39 for 1,500 metres and our cyclist did a 1:24 min cycle having never done this before so he had a 'PB' too.... so as I headed out for my race knowing I really stood no chance of a PB made me feel a but odd
2. I had to hang around for HOURS before I could run. If I do this race again I will prepare very differently. Not knowing exactly when you are going to start causes a few issues. One of which is when to have to final loo pit stop!!
Anyway my race went pretty well although with some of each lap (4 laps in total) being indoors meant my Garmin was next to useless so my pace was a little quick at the beginning. Also because of all the hanging around I felt very heavy legged even in the first 20 minutes of running. This is unusual for me so was a little disconcerting.
When you add in the fact is was quite a warm afternoon, I guess I should be happy with my time but I can't help but feel that I should have run faster. Still I have a couple more races (see below) to run quicker although the Rugged Radnage is not exactly a PB course!
As you will see below I have been getting back out there in the last couple of weeks, running either on my own or with Mrs LB. Is is great to be running relatively pain free, I just have to remain patient and the pace will come.
Over the next couple of months I am remaining focused on 10k races. After Christmas and into the spring I will carry on building the miles ahead of the marathon(s) in April. I will find out about London next month; I am not holding out much hope but at least I have Brighton in the bag.
Have a cracking week all!
LBx
| 2012 RACES | Time | ||
| 10k | 00:54:19 | Virgin Team Triathlon | 22nd September 2012 |
| FUTURE RACES | |||
| 10k | Rugged Radnage | 18th November 2012 | |
| 10k | Up & Running MK 10K | 9th December 2012 | |
| Marathon | Brighton Marathon | 14th April 2013 | |
| Marathon | London Marathon (Ballot) | 21st April 2013 | |
| PERSONAL BESTS | |||
| Distance | Time | Race | Date |
| 1m | 00:06:49 | Magic Mile | 31st January 2012 |
| 5k | 00:24:30 | Training | 10th February 2012 |
| 10k | 00:50:26 | Training | 5th February 2012 |
| HM | 01:52:00 | Wycombe Half Marathon | July 1989!!! |
| 16m | 02:26:12 | Kingston Breakfast Run | 27th March 2011 |
| Marathon | 04:32:12 | London Marathon | 17th April 2011 |
| 2012 ACTIVITY | Distance | Elevation | Pace |
| 06-Sep | 3.2 Miles | 175 ft | 09:31 mm |
| 10-Sep | 3.2 Miles | 175 ft | 09:37 mm |
| 11-Sep | 4.9 Miles | 341 ft | 09:10 mm |
| 16-Sep | 4.9 Miles | 341 ft | 09:16 mm |
| 17-Sep | 2.3 Miles | 150 ft | 08:41 mm |
| 18-Sep | 6.5 Miles | 361 ft | |
| 21-Sep | 2.3 Miles | 150 ft | 09:11 mm |
| 22-Sep | 6.2 Miles | 175 ft | 08:45 mm |
| 2012 TOTAL | 238.9 Miles |
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