Week 12 - Day 1 Easy run with Osty and Rob

After the 10k race we decided to do an 'easy' 5k during lunch. And despite the cold weather and blowing windchill of -21C we managed a pretty good time considering Osty had tired legs and I had that boingy spring type feeling on my left just above the achilles, making my ankle kind of sore. About the same time last year 5k would take us closer to 40-45 mins and I'd feel a bit worn out. My have times started to change...wish this weather would.

MEC Race Series 2013 Race #1 10k

Started the race too fast. Should have kept the 5:10-5:15 pace or even higher into the 5:20 pace mark and then floored it at the 5km mark, as I paid a big price in the 9th split where I was delirious wondering why my legs were leaden. The good thing was I was able to calm my negative thoughts once I passed the 9km mark and dug in and started to floor it. The last split took a minute off and it proved to me, if I dug in I can do well. Lesson learned, I'll aim to do better next time. Positives: PB'd 5km - 25:30 and 10k - 52:24. 

Equipment:
Hind baselayer
Patagonia fleece
Hind running tights
Adidas winter socks
Brooks Cadence

Split	Time	Distance	Avg Pace
Summary	53:37.9	10.23	5:14
1	4:43.2	1.00	4:43
2	4:52.6	1.00	4:53
3	5:14.5	1.00	5:14
4	5:22.6	1.00	5:23
5	5:20.9	1.00	5:21
6	5:20.2	1.00	5:20
7	5:12.1	1.00	5:12
8	5:31.2	1.00	5:31
9	5:57.4	1.00	5:57
10	4:55.8	1.00	4:56
11	1:07.5	0.23	4:48

The crazy thing was it was still cold -4C with the windchill making it -8