02-11-2015, 05:40 PM
Hey ed 
I did the paced 5k on saturday.
I was pretty hungover from a halloween party the night before, so I aimed for just under 20:00, but the course was hilly, with short hills but up to 11% incline according to GPS, so I ended up running 20:10. Was rather displeased with that but couldn't ask for much more given everything.
Couldn't run on sunday because of travel, so I pushed everything back one day and am doing the 1h run today, which fits well since my half marathon is on sunday, exactly when race day is gonna fall now with the delayed schedule.
What do you think would be a reasonable time goal for it? The mcmillan calculator has my 5k tempo from last cycle (19m30s) as equivalent to a 1:30 flat, but that tempo wasn't a race effort, so I think 1:29 would be doable? The course has some hills (174m elevation gain and 193m loss, it's not a loop), so I can't shoot too low I think.
Anyway, just excited to be running my first race since 2014
cheers
Fábio
I did the paced 5k on saturday.
I was pretty hungover from a halloween party the night before, so I aimed for just under 20:00, but the course was hilly, with short hills but up to 11% incline according to GPS, so I ended up running 20:10. Was rather displeased with that but couldn't ask for much more given everything.
Couldn't run on sunday because of travel, so I pushed everything back one day and am doing the 1h run today, which fits well since my half marathon is on sunday, exactly when race day is gonna fall now with the delayed schedule.
What do you think would be a reasonable time goal for it? The mcmillan calculator has my 5k tempo from last cycle (19m30s) as equivalent to a 1:30 flat, but that tempo wasn't a race effort, so I think 1:29 would be doable? The course has some hills (174m elevation gain and 193m loss, it's not a loop), so I can't shoot too low I think.
Anyway, just excited to be running my first race since 2014
cheers
Fábio