WHEELS ON MY WAGON FALL OFF!

RUFFORD 10K
I knew I was pushing it too hard on the Thursday interval session , but I guess I just got carried away! Been feeling tired since and todays race did not go well. I really should have followed ARTHUR LYDIARD'S training advise " you can not train hard and race well at the same time".
Team mates Rob Mcgrath and Rob Ashworth set off pretty quickly at the start going through the first mile in 5.18, I held back a bit clocking 5.26, slowly i reeled them in and by mile two I was on there shoulder! At mile 3 [ 17.00] we were together , but then all of a sudden my wheels came off! I spent the next 3 miles running on empty and groveling along in the gutter! It was not good, i wanted to stop! I went across the line in 36.54 and 17th, not a good result but a good lesson not to ignore the teachings of the Master! at least it was not an important race!

RUFFORD 10K

My next race is the RUFFORD 10K on sunday, this can be a very fast course on a good day but if its windy then it can be hard going, because some of the roads are quite exposed to the sea breezes coming off the north west coast. I last ran this race in 2006 when I recorded 37.32,
MY RUFFORD 10K RESULTS since 2000 are;
2000 34.51 p.b., 2001 36.18, 2003 35.11, 2004 35.32
After starting ARTHUR LYDIARD training in the summer of last year i recorded 35.52 in the October 2007 southport 10k
Today I ran real easy on the road for 39mins
PHOTO Rob and me at BLACKPOOL MARATHON 2008