I registered in the European Chamber of Commerce (ECCP)'s Run for Integrity only for 3K, knowing that this would be part of my recovery after the grueling pace 21K of Greentennial last weekend.
Last Friday, soon-to-be-dad Buddy came to me and said that he sprained his ankle and had to flake his 10K registration. I arranged to take his 10K bib in exchange for my 3K place.
Yesterday, I made a commitment to be in the green zone (about 6:40 min/k) to take it easy for the 10K as I did not run for the entire week. When I reached the 10K turnaround in front of the Yupangco building, all the yellow-shirted 15Kers coming from SLEX U-turn still looked fresh so I ran bandit and pushed through Gil Puyat Avenue.
The lack of weekday training, of course, took its toll and I shuffled the last 3K back to High Street finish at 7:50.
The post-race breakfast was excellent: malt and hops!
So I'm still in the recovery mode, this time from the 15K.
Congratulations! I like your choice of post race treat. It is so funny that we are both nearing 40 and interested in the Ironman 70.3 race distance, but live half a world apart. I wish you the best in your training and future races.
ReplyDeleteColleagues of mine are telling me that I'm trying to push mid-age issues away. The 40s seem to be the new 20s. Hope they're right...
ReplyDeleteMore power to your 70.3 quest!