Lately I have been disappointed at me for being much slower than usual and the last straw was Fulltofta this weekend. This cannot continue since I plan to improve on my ultra races I will run this year.

So this afternoon I decided I would try to max my pace, it is so interesting how different mindsets can change you. I have said it before, you just have to decide that today I am going to run faster and than it will happen.

So I had a pace under 6 min/k from the very beginning 🙂 it felt great. From time to time I was over 6 min/k, there were some hillier parts where the pace decreased but on the flat parts I got a much faster pace. I was hoping that my right M. Glutues Maximus wouldn’t bother me so I would be forced to stop and walk but that did not happen. At 10K my time was 1.01 h, that felt really great 🙂 I was hoping my total time would be under 1.18 h.

The temperature was around 3oC (37F) but icy cold because of the wind.

So distance: 7.74 miles (12.46K), total time: 1.15.43 h 🙂
Average pace: 6.04 min/k, max pace: 4.56 min/k, VO2 Max: 25 ml/kg/min

So I cannot be more than really satisfied with myself today.