An excellent finish to the week! Ran a ‘run test’ half marathon on Sunday to end an 11-week run-focused training block since October 1. I managed to set the half marathon PB I hoped to, and got very close to my target time.

Goal time: 1:36:00 (4:33/km)
Race time: 1:36:50 (4:35/km)

In the process, I also set a 10km PB of 43:56. I suspect that I could do 42:xx in a stand-alone 10km. I’ll try this sometime post-March ’19.

The race itself was a little hillier than I anticipated (180m), but the conditions were near perfect otherwise. Closed road, 17 deg cool, and I had warmed up for the first time in years.

Now, it’s time to focus on: (1) losing a couple of kilos of flab before Feb (2) focusing on swim and bike for the next 10 weeks (3) not losing my run fitness.

On to the next week.