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I did think it was ambitious to think that smashing a 5k could be worked into a normal training week! Well done on the PB!
Last long run, 42.2k at “keep it in your pants pace” according to coach, stuck to script and ticked off a easy 3:28:40, the first few km were the worst of the whole thing as the 70km already in the legs this week were very apparent but as things loosened up things got easier!
Taper time!
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Well this has been a week of two halves.
The last 9 weeks on the 10k plan were going so well i went for a 5k pb attempt on Tuesday i felt a bit flat coming out of my rest day rather than recovered and raring to go but did my warm up and felt better so went all out for 5k in 16:51 (28s pb) then later that day just started to fall apart and felt like i had a terrible hangover for 2 days and couldn't sleep properly. I ended up taking 3 full days off then did 30 mins really easy yesterday and just over an hour steady today and felt alright. Lesson learnt just stick to the plan and stop throwing in random PB attempts they're good for your confidence at the time but can tip you over the edge pretty quickly. Especially at this plan is fairly demanding anyway.