My PB for a 1/2 was 2:05:56, so I was hoping for 2:03, and was going to be ECSTATIC with 2:00....
My coach at Peak centre said go out for 5 km at 5:45, then 10 km at 5:40, then whatever you've got for the balance...
I headed out with my cousin (in the RAIN) right on target, did the first 5 km no issues, the next 10 km were mostly at 5:40
a couple were closer to 5:30, and I could see that the average pace was 5:40 (I needed 5:41) -- part of me was getting really excited "I am going to get this 2:00 thing", but another part of me was worried that we were maybe going to fast.... at 16 km, I told my cousin that we were now going to dial it in at 5:30 -- did that for 2 km, and then at 17 km my hamstrings were getting really tight, and I was thinking "oh-oh", and then my head started to want to give up....Then a little switch went off, the competitive me
came out, and I just plowed thorugh 1 km at a time, and finished nice and strong at 1:59:39.5.... VERY happy with this... a new PB!!!!!
