After a month of slowly recovering from the Ultra Trail it was time to test the legs again. Training has not quite been as good as I would have liked, so I was not even sure about what pace I should try. The shorter series I felt good, but the during the long runs my muscles tied up and felt tired still and in the end the race went like that. Beginning good and ending, well, let's say not as good. All in all finishing in 39m52 is probably a good indicator of where I am in my general condition now.
It was a cold day, more or less sunny, and I arrived early and started a long warmup, since I had small aches and pains throughout the last weeks and the more slowly I prepared for the run the better. The organization slightly modified the course of the race, compared to last year, avoiding having to go around the magical fountain near the finish, still the long slightly uphill last 3 kilometers will be difficult. At 9am we were shot away and I missed the first k indication to learn at 2k that I was going at 37m pace exactly without too much effort. The next two kilometers I maintained that pace but onto the halfway marker I started to feel tired already and I passed 5k in 18m45 more or less. The next kilometers I just tried to maintain a just below 4 minutes pace, and did not even succeed in that. The last 2k I just held on and finished just below 40 minutes, running the second 5k in 21m07. The next race is in 3 weeks, hopefully my muscles are better recovered by then.
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