An entry by our new member Ronald! Congratulation for achieving a PB in the 5000m time trial @ CCAB on 5 Oct 2011! It is an impressive performance to achieve a 2min improvement within a month!
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I never competed a 5km race before. Usually when I didn't exceed 30mins at 5km mark, I would be happy to say that I am still within target.
My personnel best at 5km is 26mins all along, until 5 October 2011.
"2 laps to go Ronald!"
I huffed and I puffed during last 2 laps of the Time Trail, it was not easy, as I was supposed to pace the 3 ladies behind me, but they were already ahead of me. Coach was shouting at the finishing line with his stop-watch "Two zero four, two zero five, two zero six!" counting my pace when I was approaching.
At least I could really understand what is meant by Pace after I joined Mileage, a running workshop to train myself for the grandest Marathon at the end of the year. I couldn't figure how to calculate the paces when I read them from the magazines. Even some basic theory of leg exercises, I would have keep on doing the wrong ways if not for the running workshop.
My 12 and a half laps of running at the stadium produce this result:
Dist Lap Split
0200m 0:54
0600m 1:50 2:44
1000m 1:55 4:39
1400m 1.57 6:36
1800m 2:01 8:38
2200m 1:59 10:37
2600m 1:56 12:33
3000m 2:00 14:33
3400m 1:58 16:32
3800m 2:07 18:40
4200m 2:06 20:46
4600m 2:06 22:53
5000m 1:43 24:36
I tried to sprint at the last lap, but alas, "not enough gas" when I have run ahead of the 3 ladies.
The time was 24 minutes. Alamak! I broke my PB for 5km by 2 minutes! I have never dreamt that I could make it in the first place, told coach I would try my best when he set the time at 24 minutes before my run.
Congratulations and encouragements poured in from my fellow team mates after that. I was so touched to receive so many compliments from everyone.
I even got the prized tee shirt given by coach tonight. I believe it will boost me to another level of faster running soon. Set to perform better in future races. Cheers!
By Ronald Quek
