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A new training program.
I always thought they squeezed the greyhounds b*****ks as they put it into the starting trap. I'm always very careful that nobody tries to nobble me by this method.
I quite like the idea of a steak and kidney pie, you wouldn't realize how long it's been.
By the way, the races this weekend, which will be my last until the Camino de Santiago at the end of October.
Saturday was the 10.4km hilly affair in a place called Mugardos. I almost didn't make it to the start of this one but I was glad I did. I got lost in the village itself, when the race was actually in a little hamlet on the other side of the 'parish'. I eventually arrived at the start after a Proteccion Civil person who was marshalling the route advised me to follow the arrow on the road to find the start. So I arrived with 5 minutes to pick up the race number, changs, have a piss and warm up.
The course was up and down all the way, generally more downhill in the first half with some horribly steep bits in the second. I ended up tgoing through 5km in 18'35" - it was more downhill, and finished in a total 42'46". Which for a 10km is elusevely close to one of this Summer's targets, a 40minute 10k. I think it works out at 40'09".
Today was 4.6km, also a bit hilly, straight downhill for the first kilometer, flat for a couple of kliks which were run on dirt tracks then uphill to the finish. My plan worked well. It was to run as fast as I could as long as I could. There were only about 120 runners but with the downhill bit first it was very crowded on the narrow lanes so I couldn't belt it as I would have liked. Happily after half a kilometer I managed to speed up and started overtaking people. The guy who beat me the other week to the third place pre-vet trophy, I passed him fairly early on and was glad to see that on the following uphill he did not catch up again.
In the end I just about ran out of steam with about 150metres to go, I was passed by two guys I had overtaken before, the got surprisingly pipped in a sprint finish by a short head. 12th in age group and 30th overall. I'm very pleased with the time, which was 16'15".
That's the Summer racing finished. Now to start training for the half mara in December.....
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