30-07-2011, 08:53 AM
Hi TheEd,
I had my 5 mile race last night and while it was far from a perfectly executed race I am reasonably happy with my performance.
The start was downhill which we would have to climb on the way back to the finish, so I was conscious that I would need to make some time on the way down. However with hindsight, I think I went out too fast which made the race harder work than it would have been otherwise.
The 7pm start after a day at work didn't seem to be ideal for my performance either!
The official times haven't been released yet, but I made it 32:00 on my watch for a 3:58/k average.
The (2K) splits were: (as usual my watch is under reading distance slightly)
This felt considerably more effort than the 5K last weekend, although this course did involve some climbing and descent which the 5K course doesn't.
I have been looking at the race calendar and my next race is likely to be a 1/2 marathon on 25 September (although there are the weekly 5K races every Saturday). This will be followed by a 10K on 9th October, with the option of others on 16 and 23.
Am I best to have a few weeks of build up to work towards the 1/2, or carry on with the cycles?
Ideally I would like to get under 1:30:00 for the half which is on a reasonably hilly course.
As always, your feedback would be very much appreciated.
I had my 5 mile race last night and while it was far from a perfectly executed race I am reasonably happy with my performance.
The start was downhill which we would have to climb on the way back to the finish, so I was conscious that I would need to make some time on the way down. However with hindsight, I think I went out too fast which made the race harder work than it would have been otherwise.
The 7pm start after a day at work didn't seem to be ideal for my performance either!
The official times haven't been released yet, but I made it 32:00 on my watch for a 3:58/k average.
The (2K) splits were: (as usual my watch is under reading distance slightly)
Code:
Time Dist Avg HR Max HR
00:07:40 2 168 179
00:08:05 2 172 179
00:08:00 2 170 175
00:08:10 2 169 173
00:00:05 0.01 173 174This felt considerably more effort than the 5K last weekend, although this course did involve some climbing and descent which the 5K course doesn't.
I have been looking at the race calendar and my next race is likely to be a 1/2 marathon on 25 September (although there are the weekly 5K races every Saturday). This will be followed by a 10K on 9th October, with the option of others on 16 and 23.
Am I best to have a few weeks of build up to work towards the 1/2, or carry on with the cycles?
Ideally I would like to get under 1:30:00 for the half which is on a reasonably hilly course.
As always, your feedback would be very much appreciated.