Today in between heavy rain showers it was Jordi's turn again, this time to run a mile on a more flat course than last week.We had to wake up early and after checking the weather we decided to prepare for leaving home and hoping for the rain showers to wait until after the race.
After some confusion with Jordi's electronic chip and after seeing the little kids run it was Jordi's time. This time it was a much wider age all mixed in the same group, but not so many children as last week. Jordi started more easy than last week and then disappeared out of sight. After some 5 minutes the front runners come up the before final stretch and about a minute later Jordi passed, looking good and in control of what he was doing.
He finished in just over seven minutes, 7m07, and afterwards said is was the best race he had run because he always felt in control of what he was doing. He finished 22nd which is quite ok keeping in mind he hardly ever trains running.
Sunday 30 November 2014
Sunday 23 November 2014
Cursa de Jean Bouin - 10k
Without much preparation a 10k today. After having been ill and just having less time and energy for training todays run was more a getting back into short race mode day than anything else. Yesterday I went for a jog in the mountains with my daughter and also had some support muscle of the ribs cramped so all in all I did not expect anything special for today.
The start was slow and chaotic. It was not until the 1k marker before we spread out enough to pick up a more steady pace without having to watch out for people crossing in front or behind. From the last 1k series training I knew I had to go out slow, so 3m50 pace was quite ok. I was more or less able to keep that up to the 5k marker, but after I had to slow down to 4m per kilometer and from 7 kilometers onwards I was just tired and also the last 2.5k are considerable uphill and I finished in 40m24s.
I quickly rushed home, because a few hours later Jordi would also run here for a shorter race over 1450m. So after a shower and some rest I once again went to the Montjuic area, this time with Jordi. We first watch another race and then went to the start area. Just before the race of Jordi's age group there was a race for wheelchairs, that went around several times. Somehow the group of young runners got mixed up in the waiting and set of to run without any start signal and the people of the organization were not able to stop the stampede until well after the first turn. The kids walked back and waited untill the wheelchair race finished and then lined up for their race.
Jordi had a good start in spite of the big group of boys, 334 in total today!! After the first turn the road went up considerably and meanwhile I headed for the finishline, hoping to make some more pictures and cheer Jordi on for the last meters. The first runners came home in 4m50, that is 3m20 per kilometer pace!!! I would have to sprint hard for that!!! Jordi gave it all he had and finished nicely in just over six minutes, but without having stitches or other aches so we went home happy together.
The start was slow and chaotic. It was not until the 1k marker before we spread out enough to pick up a more steady pace without having to watch out for people crossing in front or behind. From the last 1k series training I knew I had to go out slow, so 3m50 pace was quite ok. I was more or less able to keep that up to the 5k marker, but after I had to slow down to 4m per kilometer and from 7 kilometers onwards I was just tired and also the last 2.5k are considerable uphill and I finished in 40m24s.
I quickly rushed home, because a few hours later Jordi would also run here for a shorter race over 1450m. So after a shower and some rest I once again went to the Montjuic area, this time with Jordi. We first watch another race and then went to the start area. Just before the race of Jordi's age group there was a race for wheelchairs, that went around several times. Somehow the group of young runners got mixed up in the waiting and set of to run without any start signal and the people of the organization were not able to stop the stampede until well after the first turn. The kids walked back and waited untill the wheelchair race finished and then lined up for their race.
Jordi had a good start in spite of the big group of boys, 334 in total today!! After the first turn the road went up considerably and meanwhile I headed for the finishline, hoping to make some more pictures and cheer Jordi on for the last meters. The first runners came home in 4m50, that is 3m20 per kilometer pace!!! I would have to sprint hard for that!!! Jordi gave it all he had and finished nicely in just over six minutes, but without having stitches or other aches so we went home happy together.
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