Tigy’s Blog

I knew once the race started I wouldn’t be able to go as slowly as I should so I took the time to go for a very light 10 min jog before the race started to make sure my legs were warm. I really think that made a big difference as even though I ended up cooling down a bit before the start I found I ran pretty freely and was able to keep a quicker pace than I had previously. The lack of training didn’t seem to make too much difference, although its hard to judge as the course was much flatter than the one I ran last time.

Despite not having a good training base I still found I was able to find a good rhythm and really listen to my body. I knew with a couple of km to go I had plenty of juice left but kept it easy so I didn’t hurt myself again. Good running seems to be as much about knowing when to slow down as it does about being able to go fast. Last 500m was a sprint finish which I love, officially I came in third in a three way sprint but I know it was actually a dead heat for second place and I did come from about 100m behind the other two.