Last Saturday, just a few days after coming back home from Portugal, I was to compete in a so-called cross-test named 'Sprawdź się sam' in Ruda Pabianicka. I didn't feel well that day and wasn't sure if I would manage to perform at a really good and satisfying level.The length of the longest race was 8,08km with 200m climb. It consisted of 4 loops of 2,02km and 8 controls to punch every 1,01km. A result with '29' at the beginning was my goal I tried to pursue. Unfortunately, performing an excellent race I achieved the time of 30:05. Although I missed my aim by 6 seconds, I felt incredibly satisfied!
Now I would like to compare it to my last year's race at the same course and with very similar weather conditions...
No. 2008 2009 difference
1. 3:33 3:47 +0:14
2. 3:53 3:55 +0:02
3. 4:02 3:45 -0:17
4. 4:06 3:47 -0:19
5. 4:12 3:39 -0:33
6. 4:12 3:49 -0:23
7. 4:09 3:41 -0:28
8. 4:03 3:42 -0:21
T 32:10 30:05 -2:05!
My pace during this year's competition was 3:43/km (2008 - 3:59/km). My HR was almost the same - 185/192 (2008 - 184/192). However, the difference between best and worst lap was relatively small - 16sec (2008 - 39sec!).
It is also worth noticing the importance of starting calmly. Speeding at the beginning was the main reason of my last year's poor performance.
To sum it all up, I think I made a considerable progress thanks to hard and respectable trainings. I hope it will continue in the future!
Here are the results and splits.
Yeah... it was clearly an UP. Nevertheless, the title sounds 'Ups and DOWNS...'. Now I am ill sitting in from of my computer at home. It all began soon after my come back from hot Portugal. I tried to train with no breaks and hoped everything would be alright. Unfortunately, after Monday's training with Zielu I started feeling worse and worse... and realised I was overwhelmed by an illness:(
On Tuesday I missed my first training session since 24th November. After 106 days of fabulous training I had to give up and stay at home. However, I have no right to groan and moan as I had over 15 weeks of magnificent health. Now I really hunger for running and am looking forward to competing in Saturday's PoZnO. I hope.......
No. 2008 2009 difference
1. 3:33 3:47 +0:14
2. 3:53 3:55 +0:02
3. 4:02 3:45 -0:17
4. 4:06 3:47 -0:19
5. 4:12 3:39 -0:33
6. 4:12 3:49 -0:23
7. 4:09 3:41 -0:28
8. 4:03 3:42 -0:21
T 32:10 30:05 -2:05!
My pace during this year's competition was 3:43/km (2008 - 3:59/km). My HR was almost the same - 185/192 (2008 - 184/192). However, the difference between best and worst lap was relatively small - 16sec (2008 - 39sec!).It is also worth noticing the importance of starting calmly. Speeding at the beginning was the main reason of my last year's poor performance.
To sum it all up, I think I made a considerable progress thanks to hard and respectable trainings. I hope it will continue in the future!
Here are the results and splits.
Yeah... it was clearly an UP. Nevertheless, the title sounds 'Ups and DOWNS...'. Now I am ill sitting in from of my computer at home. It all began soon after my come back from hot Portugal. I tried to train with no breaks and hoped everything would be alright. Unfortunately, after Monday's training with Zielu I started feeling worse and worse... and realised I was overwhelmed by an illness:(
On Tuesday I missed my first training session since 24th November. After 106 days of fabulous training I had to give up and stay at home. However, I have no right to groan and moan as I had over 15 weeks of magnificent health. Now I really hunger for running and am looking forward to competing in Saturday's PoZnO. I hope.......
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