After missing the 10km in Payerne (I ran the 5km instead), I decided to race a different 10km to check my progress. The Kerzerlauf race was at exactly the right time and close to home.
Before the race, I was hoping to run at a pace of 3:30/km, but on my warm up I saw some of the hills, felt the wind, and realised that there were some trails and not just fast, flat roads. I adjusted my plan to run the same effort, but to allow for the conditions.
As I did in Payere a few weeks ago, I ran as hard as I could for the whole race. I managed to stay consistent and run my fastest kilometer from eight to nine kilometres (a nice slightly downhill and tarred road section). Unfortunately, from halfway until the end of the race the route was shared with the 15km race and there were a lot of people all over the trails and roads which meant moving around and adjusting the pace.
Overall, I was pleased to execute another race as well as I could on the day. It was a little slower than I hoped, but I couldn't have done anything more.
My fitness is slowly coming, and I saw some progress from Payerne, so now I just need to keep on this path.
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| Near the start and just getting going. |
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| Navigating traffic while heading into the finish. |
Race result
15 March 202510km
0:36:11
7th