Daz Does Tri

And so to the last race of a pretty solid racing block!  In fairness, feeling a little underwhelmed about this one.  I had aimed to start lifting up the training with a view to train through the race, however feeling a little tight around glutes / hips on Friday means a rest day instead of a session so I knew I would be going in a little fresher than expected. Arrived at the venue, was really nice to see so many familar faces today. Run Through events have totally lucked out in this new World order. Putting on events from 5k to 10k, half marathon, 16 miles, 20 miles and full marathon in a random motor track in Bedford turned out to be the hottest ticket in town. And everyone that rocked up was not disappointed. Cool conditions and ZERO wind! Warm up OK with Griff. Possibly longer than normal and faster - went for the Adios Adizero Pro - possibly the best decision of the day. Race start was single file, socially distanced and one by one. Everyone going off a second or so behind...

After missing last weekends mile it felt an age since I last raced!  This weekend was off to Bromley for a stab at 3000m and a head to head with Jake.   I haven't raced here since probably 1995/96 or possibly as long as the very early '90s for a young athletes league meeting. I digress. Quit a late start (6.02pm) and quite a long drive (1 hr 40 mins) but we arrive with no drama. Warm up felt pretty good, only down side was the khazi was quite literally an absolute shit hole !! First race goes off and it's clear the times are quite a way off predictions (race was 8:45 - 9:31 against predicted 8:22 - 8:55). I am in the 2nd race with Jake.  Entry times are 9.05 up to 9.35 (me!).  Line up where we like and bang we are off.  Settle in, I'm slowest on paper so sit towards the back. A dude and I assume his Mrs settle in behind me. Pace feels pretty strong. Through 200m in 38. Shit. I was hoping to feel like I was tripping over my feet for the first km. 400m in 76 ...

Nope, not that way ... summer to autumn training !! I've decided to blow off the mile race on Saturday. Mainly just to give Jake a better shot at a decent 800m. He's going to have a bucket load of waiting around if not (probs 2 hours + travel time) plus it's going to be wet and miserable! So it gives me just the (unlikely to happen) 3,000m next weekend to close out my track season. What it does mean is that I can kinda start to progress towards Autumn training slightly earlier. More threshold and less speed work!  I can also get some good quality in before the 3k. I have entered the Bedford 5k on the 18th October though - unfinished business after Milton Keynes and should be a great indicator if things are progressing, remaining static or regressing! Coming from a late track season it's a lot less rest required - I've hardly had a tiring series of stressful races - so a gentle transition is all that's really needed. The plan is to move from current ~36 miles per...