5k PB (Unofficial)

Posted: September 7th, 2008 | Author: Mark | Filed under: Running, Training | Tags: , | 1 Comment »

Off I trundled to Tooting Common for what was to be a very, very determined effort to not only complete 5k but to beat my previous best effort of 44.06. That was the second 5k in my 10k back in May, when I was absolutely fucked, so if I couldn’t manage to beat it today I would have been very cross. As it happens, I beat it by almost two minutes – 42.25!

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I had to run up and down the top (or what I consider the top) of the common for the last 800m or so just to hit the 5k mark, and I wasn’t helped by my Garmin which kept losing signal to the heart rate strap, which I’ve sadly come to rely on to tell me when it’s time to stop rather than my own senses.
Very pleased with myself. Now to get 42min even next weekend!
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Is a PB ‘official’ even if it’s done in training? Or does one only consider a PB a PB if it’s done in an organised race? Perplexed, I am.

One Comment on “5k PB (Unofficial)”

  1. 1 jogblog said at 4:01 pm on September 7th, 2008:

    I think people count them separately, i.e. a training PB and a race PB. Either way, well done.