This morning the start was at 9 a.m. so we had to get up early. We left nicely on time and around 8h30 I started to warm up. It was once again a very grey sunday morning and earlier it had rained, but with some luck we could run without more rain. In the days before the race I had some soreness at the back of my right knee, so I warmed up carefully and then entered my box. It was very crowded today and when we were shot away we started fast but carefully and in the first turn someone almost tripped, but luckily nothing happened. I missed the first kilometer mark so at the 2k mark I found out I ran rather fast passing just within 7 minutes. I maintained pace and passed the 3k in 10m40. I tried to find a comfortable pace but maybe because of the fast start I could not really settle for one. I was still feeling ok though when passing 4k in 14m20. Up to the half way mark was slightly downhill for a good part and I passed the 5k mark in a very fast time of 18m03, running almost at 36 minutes pace. I started to become tired and I don't remember the 6k time and missed the 7k mark and already on the uphill part of the Avinguda del Paral.lel and struggling I passed the 8k mark in 29m26, but like last week with some difficulty breathing and running at 4 minutes per kilometer pace without strength to push in the uphill to go faster. The 9k passed around 33m30 and I just maintained pace in the last uphill and when passing the Magic Fountain and going down I knew I would improve my PB for sure. When making the last turn I could see we just entered the 37 minutes and pushed to stay just under 37m30 seconds. On a more flat course I might be able to reach my goal of this running season!
Amazing job Wouter!! You are the master of running ( at least for our building ).
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