5000m goal : 15:50
5k PB : 16:21
5k SB (post-Sept 2011) : 16:21
It seemed like a distant dream 6 months ago, but this month has seen me break two of my PBs, and not those silly PBs like 800m, or Coop and back. Real manly distances.
My 10k PB dated back two years, and it evaporated on a fresh spring morning 13days ago in an ungentlemanly display of positive splatting to provide me with entry to the ’33 Club’. I was hoping that would entail a gold plated cup, a lame running belt (you know for gels and stuff) and a date with Darya Klishina, but instead what you get is a congratulatory text of Simon ‘Millhouse’ Millhouse, and a firm handshake of Mister Banks. They were both appreciated.
Today’s epic showing at the BRAT dominated Park Run, in a time which thankfully wasn’t rounded up despite having to stop suddenly as the finishing funnel featured a 90 degree corner (contrary to my momentum), meant I have had to dust of my abacus to calculate that I’m now a gamely 31 seconds off my goal.
But it was analysing the data afterwards that raised some (my) eyebrows: despite being more rested for the 10k, I was far more efficient today, with lower average heart rates for every single km. Coincidently, my times at 3 and 4kms were identical in both races, suggesting there’s some Kenyan in me, and the 624 beats in the final km today meant that this was a lower effort level than its counterpart despite its rapidness.
| | Trafford 10k (11th March) | Park Run 5k (24th March) | ||
| | | Average bpm | | Average bpm |
| 1km | 3:15 | (3:15) | 184 | 3:13 | (3:13) | 178 |
| 2km | 3:11 | (6:26) | 193 | 3:16 | (6:29) | 189 |
| 3km | 3:21 | (9:47) | 196 | 3:18 | (9:47) | 191 |
| 4km | 3:22 | (13:09) | 196 | 3:22 | (13:09) | 194 |
| 5km | 3:24 | (16:34) | 196 | 3:11 | (16:21) | 195 |
The verdict of this? I don’t know, but I think it’s interesting, and I am open to suggestions!
The optimists amongst you will also note that I’m now hot on the trails of my apprentice Steven Bayton, who recorded a 10k of 33:55 in March 2010, and 5k of 16:20 in November that year. Next stop then is projected to be 32:17, give or take a couple of seconds of course.
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