I raced in the Slane AC 5k today finishing in first place but the race was one of mixed feelings.
I travelled down with my mate Gary O hanlon(fitsquad trainer and coach) ,gary was runnign the 10mile and was hopefull of a pb(well pb he did and smashed it running 53.11 on a very hilly course)
Having started of nice and steady and going through the first 1k in 3.12 I took the lead here and slowly pulled away from the field.Coming to 1.5k the marshals where up ahead but none where giving directions and I came to a stop shouting ''which way lads'',none of them seemed to know and asked me which race are u doing the 10mile so at this stage I turned back and ran towards the field.
The runners where roaring ''for fuck sake'' ''this is a joke'' and I could see why.
So we all decided to run towards the marshals and knock the cones over onto the main road.
Finally I reached the 2k marker with a sense of relief but now I had a runner from Rathfarnam ac with me and he looked trim and fit.
I tucked in behind and started to relax again,only to find myself impatient and decided to surge.
My surge didnt last for lond as the Rathfarnam runner went with me and came past me.
We reached 2k in just outside 7mins which meant my last 1k was 3.50 which showed I had lost time from stopping and all chances of a quick time.
A slight climb up through the village welcomed us and I again surged only to be tracked down again.As we turned the corner once again we missed the turn with no stewards and only a Gardai shouting at us ''turn right lads''.It was now into the woods and we both chatted about going wrong again and kevin(guy from Rathfarnam) even suggested a protest at the finish by bot crossing the line :)
There was no way I was doing this as €150 was on offer for the winner and Ronan who organises it is a gent.
So once again I surged only this time kevin reacted with his own surge and gapped me by 20metres.I was feeling sorry for myself at this stage and snapped myself out of if and regained the distance only this time I surged hard and got a gap.The last 1k was downhill and I could really enjoy it knowing I had a healthy lead.
Coming into the finish I gave one last surge and raised my arm aloft for the third time this year(Clontarf half,Bray 10k and now Slane 5k)
Bad news is my achilles swelled up after the race and been icing it since.Im booked in for laser treatment Tuesday and going to hit the bike to keep the fitness up.
Couple weeks and hope to be back and start clocking up the miles again.
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