Today the 12th race of the Barcelona Challenge 10k. I did not as well as I hoped for finishing in 38m56. I guess that after two weeks of more than 100k mountaintraining each and one week of normal 10k training the body is not ready for the full 10k at my highest pace.
The day started with no clouds to be seen like yesterday when we had some very heavy rain in the morning. Eventhough it was not warm yet, it might be very quickly. I arrived in the start area well on time and around 8 o'clock I handed in my backpack and started my warmup. Just before 9 I entered the red box and waited to be shot away. The first kilometer was quick in 3m33 and the second was exactly on the 37 minutes schedule in 7m24. The third kilometer had a climb in it but I still passed in 11m00. Maybe I should have done the climb a bit more easy. In spite of passing the 4k marker exactly on schedule for 37 minutes in 14m48 I felt I was getting tired already and on to the 5th kilometer I dropped pace to pass in 18m40. It was starting to be very warm and the 6th and 7th kilometer went slow and the 8th with the uphill I was running above 4 minutes per k. I braced myself for the last two kilometers and sprinted the last part to the finish to stay within 39 minutes.
This race concludes the Barcelona Challenge 10k 2012/2013. It has been fun to run all the races and also in doing so I gathered enough points to be second in the ranking of my age group. I am certainly not the fastest, but running all races gave me the points I needed. After the mountain season I will get back to the shorter distances on the road, though next year I will not run all 12 races and I will have a go at 5k and maybe even shorter.
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