parkrun - 25th september 2021 - thurrock - 22:15
I realise the last three posts have all been parkrun. I've had some pretty busy weekends which I am planning on writing up, but I just haven't had the time or energy.
But I did still manage to get to Parkrun again. This is #49; I'm finally almost at the first big milestone! We also finally got round to running to and from Parkrun, so I was well fueled and well warmed up. After last week where I definitely started too quickly and had to try and hang on, this week I paced myself well on the first kilometre and stayed strong throughout the whole distance.
There was some fun racing: by the halfway point I was running in a group of 4 all jostling for position. Down the straight I broke away with one other guy, but as the fourth kilometre finished he started to pull away as my legs failed a bit. He passed an older man and a young girl, and I was catching both of them. Past the final turn, there's a 350m straight all the way to the finish. I usually try my hardest to push all the way down; I was catching the two ahead of me, and they were catching the guy I was originally running with who looked like he was flagging a bit. From somewhere deep inside I pulled out a solid sprint finish, overtaking almost all of them but getting pipped by the younger girl just on the line.
A fun race that netted me my best time this year. Sub-22 seems very doable with a bit more training, and it's nice that what I'm doing does seem to be paying off. I'm enjoying the cross training through climbing and UWH, but I think a bit more running would go a long way as well.
permalink | posted by nathan on Sunday, the 26th of September, 2021, in an early evening lull