PB for 3k time trial!

Funny how I almost didnt even go running this morning. I'd woken up with a sore throat and swollen glands and really felt just like rolling back over again when my alarm went off, but it was time trial morning and I really did want to see if I'd improved at all over the last month.

Even the warm-up down to Westend felt a struggle this morning, my legs felt like lead, my head was killing me and I could barely swallow. I was so tempted right there and then just to sit the time trial out and do it by myself when I was feeling better. I did the sprints to warm up my legs, felt a bit more energetic and decided to do the 3km, if nothing else it would be good exercise.

The first 500meters were really hard, I wasnt sure I was going to make it to the end of the first 1km, let alone the 2 after that. I dug deep and told myself I just had to hang in there for another 10mins or so. It was at this point I also realised that my stopwatch hadn't started properly - it really didnt feel like my morning so far. At about the 1.5km I was feeling fairly comfortable, I'd settled in to a good pace, and even was beginning to feel like I'd be able to scrape off a few seconds from my time... there must be something psychological about turning around at the end of the 2km and heading back down the finishing 1km as I found something I didnt know I had. Kicked in really hard and tried to think of everything I'd learnt over the past month.. I didnt just want to scrape a few seconds off, I wanted 10 or 20. I focused on the runner in front of me and managed to get ahead of them, only for them to fly past me with 20meters to go - it didnt matter though, I'd held in and dug hard and finished in 13.02, a PB by 46seconds!

Next time trial goal - sub 13mins! :)