{"id":676,"date":"2012-08-03T13:11:16","date_gmt":"2012-08-03T13:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/miguelpdl.com\/weblog\/?p=676"},"modified":"2012-10-29T13:52:22","modified_gmt":"2012-10-29T13:52:22","slug":"morris-oil-piltown-10km","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miguelpdl.com\/weblog\/morris-oil-piltown-10km\/","title":{"rendered":"Morris Oil Piltown 10km"},"content":{"rendered":"

After a great summer, were I kept up the training even in the searing heat of Spain, I’m back to race in the Piltown 10km<\/a>. I was looking forward to this one as I lived for sometime in Piltown, and I even train on the bog road from time to time, so this was really a home town race.<\/p>\n

Ok I must admit I was looking to even top my most recent result from my Stoneyford 10k<\/a>, however as the race drew nearer, it was clear that that afternoon I would have to return directly from Belfast<\/a>, and the 4.5 hour drive didn’t do much for my legs that’s for sure.<\/p>\n

I made it to the start line in Kildalton College, it poured rain, but still there was a decent crowd there, and I think everyone just wanted the race to start and when it did, boy did everyone go for it, damn the first 2km was fast, too fast in fact I hit a small hill and blew a cylinder, from there on in I just couldn’t get into my stride.In fact looking at the charts the 6 km mark was my worst point.<\/p>\n

I tried to up the tempo once I got onto the Bog road, but a few people caught me and even their encouragement didn’t move up my tempo.<\/p>\n

\"Adidas<\/a>

Adidas miCoach track of the Piltown 10km<\/p><\/div>\n

On the watch I clocked a time of 45:04<\/a> (although the GPS on the phone was a pain as it kept dropping out), and on the official timing sheets I was given a time of 44:47 and placed 80th out of 192.<\/p>\n

I must say I left the race feeling disappointed I wanted to at least hit a personal best after all the training put in over the summer break, but on this occasion it wasn’t to be. However on reflection it was clear that this was a race, a real race as in there were very few walkers, joggers, hence the quick pace at the start, I shall learn from this. Onwards and upwards towards the race in Kilkenny in September., it’s obvious that some constant training is needed in the next few weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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