Did my second park run yesterday.... quite pleased with the results...
Overall result
I came 17th out of 177 and finished 2nd in my age category, which i'll take, probably due to a low turn-out! 61% age-grade, whatever that means.
Pace
It was actually a bit faster as the course came up 20 metres short. I jogged the last little bit. Quite pleased with the last KM. Slightly disappointed with my lack of pace - I should be quicker, then again I have been taking it quite easy with the runs for a few months, even a year.
Heart Rate
Quite surprised it started off so high so quickly... and then just kept going up. Intervals required me thinks to bring this down!
Looking forwards to next week's race
My high heart rate tells me i need a longer warm up... I only did an 800 meter gentle warm up, i think next week I'll add in at least another 400 to pre-warm my heart into the the 150s so it's not so much of a shock to the system starting relatively fast.
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