The advantages and disadvantages of getting grounded
Yesterday was the last fast workout before the German Halfmarathon Nationals - and it went horrible. I planned to do 2 x 5K in race pace, but ended up doing 3 + 2K (on treadmill). Apparently I overestimated myself and the speed was too high. Furthermore the whole system of legs, breathing and mind was not playing together - shit. Immediately afterwards I was struggling "quite a bit" with this disappointment but now I'm already one step further and got the right consequences from this workout: Now I know that I will not go out too fast for the first kilometers. In fact a time of around 32:30 minutes for the first 10K would be just perfect - let's hope there will be some guys running the same pace. Anyway, I have to give my very best and it won't be a piece of cake to go as close as possible to my PB of 1:08:06h.
Tomorrow will be the last day with "normal" mileage (25-30k) and from Thursday on I will taper off with maximum of 20k per day. I will fly to Germany on Friday night, with the race being held on Sunday 9.30 (german time). Further infos about the race you are available here and here.