Reading Time: 2 minutes It’s been five days since last week’s debacle of a 5k PB attempt. As I reflect back, two thoughts keep running through my mind. I’m not as far along as[…]
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Category: 5k PB in 2020
2020 – 5k PB Week 15 – Six Days to Race Day
Reading Time: 5 minutes Fifteen weeks ago I started a journey this long and crazy journey to strive towards a 5k PB in 2020. This coming Saturday it will all be over. With six[…]
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2020 – 5k PB Week 14 – Losing Performance and the Countdown to Race Day
Reading Time: 6 minutes 5K PB race day is fast approaching. So far, weather-wise, it looks like everything is happening to plan with a target race date of December 19/20. Time to train hard,[…]
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2020-5k PB Week 13 – Rest Week
Reading Time: 3 minutes The big day is fast approaching. After last week’s blazing-fast intervals, and my, and this week hitting 218.7km in November, another all-time high, mentally and physically, I feel like I[…]
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2020 – 5k PB Week 12 – Night Running, Tickr Chest HRM, and the #TTCChallenge
Reading Time: 9 minutes Twelve weeks down, four weeks to go, to my 5k all-time PB attempt. If you’re interested in learning about the journey so far, I encourage you to click through to, Diary[…]
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2020 – 5k PB Week 11 – Updated Plan, Procrastination, and Mental Toughness
Reading Time: 6 minutes Eleven weeks down, and five more to go, to the big day… my attempt to set my all-time 5k PB in 2020. If you’re interested in learning about the journey[…]
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2020 5k PB Attempt Week 10 – Summer in the Fall
Reading Time: 5 minutes Week 10 of my quest to set a 5k PB in 2020 is in the books. This week was a week of ups and downs, from unmotivated to fully motivated,[…]
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2020 5k PB Attempt Week 9 – Wisdom Paradox, Caffeine Overdose, and Finding Balance
Reading Time: 7 minutes ” The more I learn, the more I realize how much I don’t know.” Albert Einstein Otherwise knows as the Dunning-Kruger Effect, a cognitive bias where people believe they are[…]
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2020 5k PB Attempt Week 8 – October 19 – 25
Reading Time: 7 minutes Week 8 of my quest to set a 5k PB in 2020, the recovery week, is now officially behind me.
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2020 5k PB Attempt Week 7 – October 12 – 18
Reading Time: 4 minutes Week seven is officially in the books. If you’re interested in learning about the journey so far, I encourage you to click through to Diary of My Attempt to 5km PB[…]
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