Mothers Day 8km - new PB!

Short version: broke my LWF 8km pb on Sunday by 79seconds.

Longer version: I was really hoping to cut down on my LWF time of 39.05, certainly sub-39mins, but really hoping for at least 4.50min/k and perhaps even push myself to 4.45's where possible. I started off fairly fast, as I was aiming for the 4.45's, but when I got to the 1K marker I'd made 4.30. I was feeling pretty good about this, but didnt want to burn out so tried to drop the pace back a bit, only discover my 2K time was even quicker and 4.10. I really concentrated on getting in to a more even pace, apart from theoretically smashing my pb at this pace, I would probably end up exhausted by half way. My next splits were much better, averaging around 4.5o as planned. By 5km I was still feeling good, noone was passing me and I was gaining on the small pack in front; I picked up the pace to 4.45. All I had left was 3km and I was digging in deep, concentrating on my running and remembering that LuckyLegs had told me it wouldn't hurt to try for the 4.45's! :) There didnt seem to be a 7km marker, so probably with about 800meters left to go I lifted my knee's up, lengthened my stride and put everything into it. I crossed the line with a time of 37.46 (TBC), breaking my previous pb by 79secs! I couldn't believe it, I felt like I was starting to get 'real' runner times.

I'm sure sooner rather than later my improvements will start to plateau, but at the moment I can feel myself getting better and am enjoying running more and more. I think there's 8 weeks to go till the GC and I'm planning on putting 100% effort in for those weeks, so that when I cross the finish line I will know everything went in to those 21.3km's and have no regrets about wishing to have pushed faster and harder - just as I feel I did on Sunday.