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Albert Park Run

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Location:

Sydney,Australia

Member Since:

Oct 24, 2012

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

PRs

10K: 42:07 (NYC Runs Roosevelt Island Hot Chocolate, December 2012)

Half Marathon: 1:30:23 (Philadelphia RnR Half Marathon, Sept 2013)

Marathon: 3:17:13 (New Jersey Marathon, May 5, 2013)

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

1:30 half marathon, Summer 2013

sub-3:30 marathon (my first) Spring 2013

sub 3:15 marathon, Fall 2013

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Run long. Get fast. Stay injury free.

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Mizuno Inspire 8s Lifetime Miles: 377.00
Brooks Pure Cadence Lifetime Miles: 40.00
Mizuno Inspire 9s Lifetime Miles: 398.10
Black Mizuno Inspire 9s Lifetime Miles: 432.20
Yellow Mizuno Wave Rider 15s Lifetime Miles: 490.50
Brooks Pure Cadence 2 Lifetime Miles: 218.82
Red Mizuno Wave Rider Lifetime Miles: 403.00
Blue Mizuno Inspires Lifetime Miles: 405.00
Blue Mizuno Inspires 2 Lifetime Miles: 300.00
Red Mizuno Wave Riders 2 Lifetime Miles: 252.00
Black Brooks Pure Cadence Lifetime Miles: 29.00
Mizuno Inspire 12s Lifetime Miles: 69.00
Mizuno Inspire 12s Coral Lifetime Miles: 32.00
Race: Albert Park Run (3.107 Miles) 20:34:00, Place overall: 2, Place in age division: 1
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.000.003.000.006.00

My first 5K and first hard run since my injury; approximately 3 months ago. Did this to get a bit of a fitness test.... aaaand to break a mental barrier I had about the pain of running 5Ks. Not sure if I broke that today :)

Splits were a little nasty: 6:22, 6:37, 6:51 with 6:18 for the 0.1.  Avg pace was 6:37 min/mile. Yowch. To put this in perspective, I ran almost the exact same pace for the final 5K of my last half marathon. Got hit with a serious headwind in the second half of the race, which really threw me.

While I don't think this was a great fitness test (maybe its my ego, but I feel like I can do a bit better than this!), its a good starting point. I'd like to get a bit stronger on the VO2 max side of the equation, and given that 5Ks have a shorter recovery time, I wouldn't mind continuing them as my speedwork, as I begin training for some Autumn races.

The race itself was small but really lovely! Free timed entry, really well set up and efficiently run. You register once and then just rock up to any of their races (they have 5Ks every Saturday in Albert Park, Melbourne) with your printed-out bar code. Ran it with my dear childhood friend Rory, with whom I'll be running in Melbourne Marathon 2014!

ETA: I was uber paranoid about my hip this morning; especially after a nightmare in which I dreamed I shattered it while running! Was able to cool down properly, with no pain, and its feeling 99% now. The muscles in there are a wee tight from the run, but no more than anything I've had in my recovery so far. Pretty good outcome on the injury front.

Brooks Pure Cadence 2 Miles: 6.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From KristenRuns on Sat, Jan 04, 2014 at 17:42:26 from 174.65.109.89

Congrats!! Now that you've done a 5K, you'll know how to run the next one. It's a great time, so your ego should feel GOOOOD!!

From Jake K on Sun, Jan 05, 2014 at 17:09:02 from 67.177.11.154

Back racing... regardless of your time, that's a big step after the injury!

Cool concept of the free 5Ks. You should definitely continue to use them as speedwork and harder workouts.

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