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Race 12: 150th Bushy Park Time Trial

July 14th, 2007 by Ollie

It was good to be back at the BPTT, after missing it in the last weeks thanks to the inclement weather and a broken down train. Also, Paul N showed up so I had someone of similar ability I knew who I could pace against. In the end, he did prove very valuable to tag. I got my second best time, not beating my PB of three weeks ago, but finishing comfortably under 20 minutes (19:38 - PB was 19:19 but next best time was 19:41.) A significant headwind for the last km probably did slow me down by a few seconds.

A couple of observations - unlike both of of the 10Ks I’ve run in the last week, I had nothing left at the end, and couldn’t have sprinted if I’d needed to - largely because I kept up the pace for the last 1km after overtaking Paul, anticipating he might have overtaken me.

Also, I really felt that my 5km pace was noticeably faster than my 10km pace - it hurts more, and it’s relentless the whole way around. Unlike the 10km, there really isn’t any “breathing time” where you can ease off and still put in a good time. With 5km, every second really does count.