Jerusalem 10k

Due to yet another war, I did zero specific prep for this start — just running to and from work. Since my last race (February 27th) I’d barely touched anything faster than marathon pace. But general fitness and volume did their thing: knocked another minute off last year’s result.

Comparing the splits from both races, you can see I didn’t improve much on the uphill sections — which makes sense, since last year I was specifically training hills — but my overall endurance was clearly better, and that’s what carried me through.

The original plan was to drop 6 seconds from each kilmeter, but that didn’t quite happen. First kilometer I only gained 2 seconds, and on the third I actually went slower. Panicked a little — but then settled in, found my rhythm, and things started clicking from there.