I’m into my final 4 week training block now before my next exam: the Llanelli half marathon. I’ve never raced this distance before and with the pace that I want to run in mind, it’s a daunting prospect. The course is by the sea, so I guess that runners are at the mercy of the weather. If the wind’s blowing the wrong way with any power everything changes.
So far the training has gone to plan, and my pacing is probably a little up on targets related to effort or %max HR. I’ve 3 hard weeks and then a taper for the final week and I’ll find out much more about my form in this run up (excuse the pun).
Right now I’m trying to lay down my goals for the race. I know the time I want, and think that my legs are capable of, but there are other goals to place down beside that. These are goals that give me focus and that will help me achieve that time, largely without thinking about the time itself. The goal time sets the level of suffering, the other goals keep the mind focused for 13.1 miles.
Of course if I make my goal time, I’ll have to try and beat it in the summer.
