In preparation for the race at the weekend I decided to head out and do a comfortable 5km to see how it felt. Went pretty well, staying nice an easy for the first five laps, breathing on a 4-in/4-out pattern. I find if I can stick to that pattern I know I’m running well within myself. I switched to a 3/3 pattern for the last lap and wound the pace up and again it was no real problem. I reckon I could have sped up a lap earlier without killing myself for the finish, so if I’m feeling OK after the swim and bike on Sunday I’ll pick up the pace from about 2km out and see what happens.

Lap Time, Avg HR
4:43.6, 141
4:49.9, 151
4:51.5, 154
4:58.9, 154
4:47.0, 157
4:01.1, 166
HR @ 1min: 128

S: 3000m – B: 30.2km – R: 5km