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How are you finding virtual racing? I'm really enjoying it. I find that being able to 'race' when I want to is letting me run some decent times. It's also been good fun watching the races unfold on Strava and twitter.
juanito-
I definitely enjoyed it, but it was my first "race" in about 10 months due to injury. Kinda have mixed feelings because I was slow, and I felt like I didn't get the same race buzz. I really thrive on the whole racing process of checking the race calendar, picking ones to train for and picking ones the day before and just showing up, the buzz of going somewhere new, prepping kit and going over the route map, the excitement when you arrive and register, and then racing against other people to help push myself along.
Obviously just trying to run a fast 10km isn't going to deliver that same experience, but it had me running harder than any session I've done off my own back. I might see if the club fancy doing some more, fortnightly seems like a good interval. Just set a reasonably accessible 10km or similar and set everyone off on it, or A to B races with no set route.
One massive positive is that it has ignited the desire to improve. Any time I have a hard effort, I always come away wanting to assess my weaknesses, almost instantly thinking about training structure and things I need to incorporate. And if nothing else, I now have a 10km benchmark to improve on.
Nef
Ran a 10km for the club's virtual relay thing. Only been back running for four weeks, so I shouldn't be too disheartened, especially as it was my first proper effort at anything and I ran a half on Sunday. I ran a 48:28, which is where I expected to be around aiming for a 7:45/mile pace.
The main thing is that it didn't kill me, and I now feel a lot more motivated to improve on that time - which hopefully shouldn't be too hard!
Being slow is never going to feel great though, is it!