Races in October

Three races this month: An aquathlon, a road race and a track race.
Two failures and one success.
Very bad weather in all three.
(the aquathlon report should be in the shonan series report)

Takashimadaira 20 km (10/18)

I took part in Takashimadaira once again (3rd time). It was my first long race of the year and preparation to Saitama half which I will run on the 23rd of November. The goal was to run sub 72 minutes. I thought it would be easy, as last year I ran 70 minutes flat running at 95% ... but I guess am not back in shape yet.
Every single lap was slower than the previous one. I ended running km 17-19 at marathon pace to reserve for a pointless kick in the last kilometer. Final official time was 72.44 - net time was probably a lot faster as I began. In my watch I recorded a time of 72.36. Either way not a good race.
Weather did not help a lot with temperatures rising over 20 C before the start.
Splits
7.03 - 3.28 - 3.33 - 3.27 > 17.33
7.21 - 3.35 - 3.35 - 3.30 > 35.36
7.23 - 3.37 - 3.41 - 3.41 > 54.00
7.28 - 3.52 - 3.47 - 3.29 > 1.12.37


Shinjuku 10,000 (10/24)

Tired from the 20km less than a week ago and a hard training 4 days previous to the race I really did not expect much here. It was my first official 10,000. Other times have just been pace runs. My best time so far been of 33.58 .
The weather once again was my enemy.
It began raining 10 minutes before the start, temperatures went down and the wind began to blow. I decided to take it easy and that did work in my favor.
34.20.20 Negative splits: 17.14 - 17.06 Pretty even pace except for the final lap kick.
High hopes for races to come.
Splits
3.23 - 3.27 - 3.26 - 3.27 - 3.28
3.27 - 3.29 - 3.26 - 3.24 - 3.16
Average: 3.25.94

October running: finally good numbers

Finally got some decent miles in and considering the many days off I took, ended up having a good mileage average per training day.
Also had my first two important races of the season. Takashimadaira 20km road race and a my first official 10,000 meter track race. In the first I failed in my goal of running sub 71 minutes. In the 2nd I surprised myself with a decent time in bad weather.

October

1. 2100 meter swim
2. Jog 12 km
3. Rest
4. Jog 10 km
5. Rest
6. 1900 meter swim
10 km tempo - 35.46 : Total 18km
Splits: 3.36 - 3.40 - 3.38 - 3.37 - 3.38 - 3.38 - 3.40 - 3.37 - 3.38 - 3.11
Average: 3.34
7. Rest
8. Jog 18 km
9. Rest
10. 5 x 1000 - 1 min 200 meter recovery jog (concrete) : Total 16 km
3.25 - 3.20 - 3.18 - 3.18 - 3.09
11. Jog 13 km
12. Ota Ward Aquathlon
5km total training
40 km cycling
13. Jog 17 km
14. Bike Commute 22 km
Jog 15 km
Jog 8 km
15. Bike Commute 22 km
Jog 10 km
16. Jog 17 km
17. Rest
18. Takashimadaira 20 km - 1.12.44
Total: 28 km
19. Rest
20. Bike Commute 22 km
Jog 9 km
3 x 1000 - 200 meter 1 min recovery jog (concrete)
3.09 - 3.07 - 3.08
21. Bike Commute 22 km
Jog 18 km
22. Bike Commute 22 km
Jog 17 km
23. Rest
24. Shinjuku 10,000 track - 34.20.20 - 4th
12 km total
25. Rest
26. Rest
27. Bike Commute 22 km
Jog 17 km
28. Bike Commute 22 km
Jog 15 km
29. Bike Commute 22 km
5 km time trial - 16.22
13 km total
30. Rest
31. Jog 9 km

Total Run: 309 km
Total Swim: 4400 meters
Total Bike: 216 km