5000m goal : 15:50
5000m PB : 16:29.9
5k SB (post-Sept 2011) : 17:36
At first I had been very reluctant to put a target into writing. The obvious downsides: the pressure of trying to achieve it or perhaps the public humiliation should I fall miles short. But my cockiness in doing this has had some positives too: aside from the secret hope that I’ll somehow surpass it by at least a minute, motivation. There’s a number in my head. 15:50. Its right there, 15:50, whenever I am feeling slightly lazy. This morning it got me out of bed at 06:54 (yes my alarm is set that accurately) to get to the pool. This evening that goal flashed in my head while I considered if I could be arsed to do the prescribed 3 sets of conditioning circuits when I returned soaking wet from an hour post-work run. But that goal does mean that my rather feeble hips and shoulders are slightly more tired than they otherwise would have been tonight, and I can enjoy the standard 2¼ bowls of evening Weetos guilt-free.
Living with Mister Alastair Canaway for the last 11 months has left me privy to many economic terms. “Opportunity Cost”, “Propensity to Consume” and “God my bum insertion point is aching again” are all economic phrases to which I am regularly privy. But the one that sticks most in my mind is “Diminishing Marginal Returns”. The concept that a higher proportion of my fitness gains will come in the first half of my training, with the applied effort being worth less the closer I get to my goal. As such I am nailing the endurance work and racked up 73 hard and lazy miles, and one emergency sprint to the bathroom from a lying down position, last week, with a solid Saturday afternoon spent tactically planning training patterns with Chief Movement Coach Nick ‘Nandos’ Howard fitted between games of Fifa 12.
Despite being snubbed by UKA for the recent High Alitude Endurance Camp in Iten , Kenya , I more than made up for this with 15 consecutive mind-numbing laps of Metchley Park
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