Similar to last year, the Jean Bouin 10k fitted well into my agenda and we got up early to get to the starting area with time to drop of my bag and do a long warm-up. In the past week, after a very low volume week before, I did quite a bit of running and even some faster than 5k/min pace training. Just like last year I had no clue of where what my 10k pace is so I just tried to go on my feelings. The warm-up went quite well and with some 15 minutes to go I entered my box and tried to get as far up front as possible, knowing from last year that this race is very crowded and thus slow in the first kilometers. At nine o'clock we started our run and I managed a 4m40 first kilometer running very aware because of tight space we had to run in. Soon after we turn up to Gran Via which is very wide and allows for a more steady pace. The second kilometer, like last year, I ran at 4m30 pace and this time I could quite easily hold that up to the 5km mark where I passed in 22m36. Since I did not really do any training at this pace it was inevitable I had to slow done, but at least up to 7km I did maintain pace. With only 3km to go and also with the uphill of the Avinguda Parallel I slowed down a bit and only picked up pace in the last 500 meters to finish in 46m07s which I am very happy with. I expected to actually struggle go under 50 minutes so being close to 45m felt really good. More races in the coming weeks, enjoying the cold weather.
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