After having an 18 month break from running, I've decided to give it another crack and start off in the 5km Run Melbourne 2013.
I joined in on the 12 week training sessions in the lead up to the Run Melbourne at Fed Square to help get me up to speed and back in shape for race day. The sessions were so great, and whilst I found myself struggling to keep up with the beginners group for the most part of the sessions, by the final week I really had improved in speed, endurance and general cardiovascular fitness.
I was very happy with my time of 32mins 45seconds for the 5km. I feel I may have even gone slightly faster but there were a couple of tight bottle necks on the course that really slowed me down, in addition there were many walkers on the field that I spent the entire course weaving around. Hence, it was difficult to get a stride going and find my robot legs. The race however felt like it was over before it even started as I seemed to reach the finish line in no time. All the 7kms sessions I had clocked up at the training sessions really made a big difference, so 5kms felt relatively short in comparison.
Next goal is the 2013, 10km Melbourne Marathon. It's just under 12 weeks away and I've already upped my training levels and am looking forward to not only completing the race, but hopefully improving my time too. Best time to date is just over an hour and 5 mins, so perhaps somewhere between an hour and an hour 5 would be great.
Very determined so hopefully I stay injury free and continue with forward momentum!
