🏃‍♂️Race report: strategy good, circumstances mid

Well. Charity Run done.

Official time: 41:17.

Obviously not the sub-40 I was targeting, and yes, I know at least three of you are going to remind me that I said anything over 40 meant the training block had failed.

It didn’t.

My pacing was basically perfect through 7K. VO2 felt good, legs felt good, heart rate was exactly where I wanted it. Then somewhere around the west lake I got boxed in behind a group running four abreast and lost probably 20–25 seconds getting around them.

After that I made the mistake of trying to recover the time too quickly, pushed into zone 5 earlier than planned, and paid for it in the final kilometer.

Also, whoever decided to put the second water station immediately after a corner: genuinely interesting choice.

Anyway. 41:17 is still a 38-second PB, so I’m taking it.

More importantly, the Silverdale Pacers had nine runners today and every single one finished. Two people ran their first-ever 10K, which is honestly cooler than my stupid 40-minute obsession.

I’m taking four days completely off running.

And by completely off I mean I’ll probably do an easy recovery 5K on Wednesday.

Obviously. 🏃‍♂️