22-03-2015, 05:06 AM
Interesting race on Saturday. I knew something was up when I got to the finish and there were a few grumblings around. I don't take what my watch measures seriously on a race, taking racing line, errors etc into account, except knowing that GPS watches almost always report longer distance than distance on the road. Anyway my watch recorded 9.75km for the race and I checked with the maps from previous years and a whole block was missed out (even happened on the 2nd lap of the 21.1km). Don't know why. Pity because I'm definitely back on the right track.
My time was 34:45 unofficially. And for about 8km I really ran the run I wanted to though I struggled to kick on from there but didn't slow down much. The finish is a gradual downhill for 2km so was a bit disappointed with that part but it's a change from struggling from 5km last time round. Here are splits from my watch ('true' pace is 2s/km slower usually)
3:28
3:28
3:32
3:39
3:29 (17:35 through 5km, last race 17:39)
3:38
3:45
3:28 (28:28 through 8km, last race 29:16)
3:38
2:39 (3:33/km pace)
Since I don't have a finish time reference point, made a note of the 5km and 8km watch splits, which show a very clear improvement from last race. And for interest sake this run was better than last year by the same comparison, last year my splits were 17:57 add 28:52 through 5km and 8km respectively. Plus it was warmer this year too.
I could feel I had made progress in training and I'm happy it went well on race day. Step closer to sub 35 I think. Just that last 2km that needs work and I'm sure with more sessions the pace for the first 8km will not only feel comfortable, but improve as well taking me closer to and hopefully under that sub 35 mark
Cheers
My time was 34:45 unofficially. And for about 8km I really ran the run I wanted to though I struggled to kick on from there but didn't slow down much. The finish is a gradual downhill for 2km so was a bit disappointed with that part but it's a change from struggling from 5km last time round. Here are splits from my watch ('true' pace is 2s/km slower usually)
3:28
3:28
3:32
3:39
3:29 (17:35 through 5km, last race 17:39)
3:38
3:45
3:28 (28:28 through 8km, last race 29:16)
3:38
2:39 (3:33/km pace)
Since I don't have a finish time reference point, made a note of the 5km and 8km watch splits, which show a very clear improvement from last race. And for interest sake this run was better than last year by the same comparison, last year my splits were 17:57 add 28:52 through 5km and 8km respectively. Plus it was warmer this year too.
I could feel I had made progress in training and I'm happy it went well on race day. Step closer to sub 35 I think. Just that last 2km that needs work and I'm sure with more sessions the pace for the first 8km will not only feel comfortable, but improve as well taking me closer to and hopefully under that sub 35 mark
Cheers