Corporate Cup - Run 3

Run 1 - 24mins36sec - 5:41 pace
Run 2 - 24mins30sec - 5:40 pace
Run 3 - 23mins01sec - 5:19 pace (THAT's WHAT I'M TALKING 'BOUT!)

Well, third corporate cup run today and after my success at the Adelaide Marathon 10K and subsequent thoughts I was fired up to give this one a decent crack! Made sure a did a few little warm up 300m or so. Started out by myself in windy conditions, a head wind for the first half a lap and tail wind for the back half. I went out easy for the first couple hundred metres and then turned up the speed to what I thought was a good pace, especially into the wind. First kilometre ticked by in 5:30min…right where I wanted to be. Added incentive on this run was that my closest rival in terms of pace started 1min behind me so everytime I turned a corner I could see how far behind, or closer he was. Second k ticked by in 5mins flat…good effort with the wind - now in a good position to get my target time and through the first lap in 11:30 1min faster than the last two runs. Now all I need to do that first lap again I kept telling myself, but around the first bend and I could see the guy chasing me was closer than the first lap…damn and that bloody wind. First k of the second lap ticked by. In 5:15min, YES! Better than the first lap definitely in for a good time now. As I was starting to over heat charging home around the back half the heavens opened and a nice cooling shower came down, that was enough to spur me through another 5min kilometre and over the finish line in 23mins1sec…damn didn’t break 23mins…but still 1min30sec PB. Now that is more like the time I thought I should be doing…now how do I improve that! Oh yeah, must have blown off the guy chasing too as he finished 1min30sec behind (30sec slower overall).

Might add splits here later…when I get home.

Split (km)	Run 1	Run 3
1	5:49	5:23
2	5:51	5:05
3	5:19	5:14
4	5:22	5:14
4.32	2:15	1:46
Total	24:41	23:01