Morning preparations went as usual, up early, breakfast, drive to the event and warm up. The temperature was perfect, nice and cool and fairly still, however it turned out to be quite breezy on the sea front, but as a Whitley bay lad I knew this was as good as perfect as we’d get for a run to the lighthouse.
After Blyth 10k last week and a rest week I felt like I was in pretty good shape for this race. Initially I was a bit disappointed with my run at Blyth, I had gone there with a time in mind and set off with that intention. I set off hard but struggled to maintain the pace in the wind and ran slower than I’d hoped for, but after I had time to reflect on it I was quite pleased with a solid run in windy conditions.
Morning preparations went as usual, up early, breakfast, drive to the event and warm up. The temperature was perfect, nice and cool and fairly still, however it turned out to be quite breezy on the sea front, but as a Whitley bay lad I knew this was as good as perfect as we’d get for a run to the lighthouse.
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After my race At Blyth on Sunday, my legs were sore from the effort. I wasn’t having the best of races and I had to dig deep to run a decent time, my legs knew about it afterwards. Im racing again on Sunday at North Tyneside 10k, so I knew this week would have to be an easy one. I started the week with two very easy short run’s, my legs were heavy and tired, I certainly wasn’t looking forward to my session on Tuesday. Normally on a race week Id do sessions on Tuesday and Thursday (if it’s a Sunday race) if it’s a Saturday race then Id still do a very light session on the Thursday, but this week having back to back races I was only planning on doing Tuesdays session. Since the start of the New year my training has been going really well, my sessions have been getting better and better by the week, but in the last two weeks I’ve had a couple of poor sessions. On Tuesday I did a session on the track and my legs were mashed. Well perhaps not mashed, just heavy and tired. Having a race on Sunday I decided to take it easy for the rest of the week. Most of my running was very easy, I had a rest day and a massage so the taper went well and I was hoping that this would freshen my legs. |
Iain TwaddleIain Twaddle is one of the most popular runners on the North East athletics circuit. He joined his local running club, North Shields Poly, at the age of 9 and reached County level as a teenager. He since gone on to become one of Britain's top veteran distance runners. Archives
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