As one of the lucky three, I had a great time both at the Adidas 5k and at the training session with Liz Yelling in July.
The first week of the training plan really gee'd me up and got me going and I dragged my best friend out (on her bike - she wimped out of keeping up!)cos I train much better in company. I'd never done a hill or speed session before but found I actually enjoyed them - mad or what?! Three weeks into the plan I discovered that there were size 10 things I could fit into and I was definitely getting faster. Turns out I was right - at the Adidas Challenge I took 3 minutes off my PB and ran it in 31.30. Not quite as fast as Linet Masai but you know, getting better!!
Now I have a new challenge - I want that time under 30 minutes by Christmas and then it's onwards to 10km training. Did someone whisper half marathon? AAARRRGGHH!
Huge thanks to the Zest team for making both days times to really remember. Hope to see you same race same place next year.
By the way, I'm at the far right, back row.
Posted: 09/09/2010 at 21:39
