Time to ease off a bit

Less is sometimes more....

I have put in 5 hard months of training and (latterly) also racing.  I've achieved my main goals which were to win the MWL Div 1 MV50 prize, start making in-roads to the NHRR MV50 Club Records and to enjoy training and racing again.

As in previous years, I felt very tired going into the final MWL race and also the FVS 3k relays last week. I've also been feeling really tired in easy/recovery runs.  I also perform well below par when when the temperature gets above 20 deg!  I scaled down mileage last week and also skipped the Sunday long-run and am already feeling better. 

The medal haul!

Here I am at the FVS 3k Relays. Disappointed with my time, but I was tired, it was hot and I took a wrong turn at one point!  On a positive note, NHRR were 1st Vet Team in both the Open and Herts County categories.

In the news again!

In the Comet 2 weeks in a row - fame at last...





Tonight it's the 3k Relays in Fairlands Valley.  I've not had a decent performance in this event since 2009 - perhaps tonight I might deliver a par-performance?

Midweek League 2013 - the post-mortem

I just love being 50!


* 4x races
* 4x MV50 1st places and MV50 series-winner
* 3x 10k times under previous Club Record
* 4/5 of my best ever age% scores
* Would have been 3rd in MV40 category!
* 9th ranked in Open category (out of 360)
* Part of winning Male Vet team!









Sadly, our collective target of staying in Div 1 was missed by the narrowest of margins.  We were not far off 2nd place, but ended up 5th and relegated.  Tough, tough, tough.  Still, watch out Div 2 next year!

Luton AC John O'Callghan 5-mile - 28th June 2013

A good night's mission in Luton!

• 7th out of 114 in race
• 1st MV50 prize 
• New NHRR V50 Club Record (29:26)
• 2nd best EVER age% score (82.86%)

So, since I turned 50 I have...

• Posted 3 of my 4 all-time best age % scores
• Finished 1st MV50 in 4 races out of 4

50 and loving it!!!