Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Bazan Bay 5K

The Bazan Bay 5K this last weekend was my first real race since the TC10K last April, it's been a long time! Leading into the race my training has been improving, but my weekly mileage is still very low (30K usually). I did a few track workouts (mostly 5x1K) in the last month and was feeling optimistic about the race, secretly hoping to get a PB (sub 18).

Overall I am pretty pleased with my time of 18:08, but naturally being only 9 seconds off my PB is frustrating. I've now run five 5K races all between 17:59 and 18:08! My goal was to keep my splits between 3:30 and 3:35 each kilometer, but after the first K I couldn't quite keep up the pace:
  • 3:32
  • 3:42
  • 3:41
  • 3:44
  • 3:28
I can't complain - my splits are reasonably consistent and most importantly my knee felt fine during the race (expected) and after the race, even days later. So I think that's positive. I actually felt so good after the race that I went down to the CrossFit Zone gym a few hours after the race and set a new personal best dead lift of 275 lbs and also got my first muscle up! And no that is not me in the video, although I would love to sport a stache like that!

So, what's next? I think I'll continue to build up my mileage and try to peak for the TC10K at the end of April. Last year I was a few seconds over 38 minutes, so naturally I plan on being under 38 minutes this year! And who knows, maybe I'll also do a few of the new Victoria Track Series races too...