13-05-2017, 03:16 PM
Hello Ed,
So, where do I start? :-)) I raced by the way.
A week ago the organizers decided to change the race course, so I can't compare with previous times.
Anyway, fast forward to Friday night, when it rained like crazy(30+ liters/square meter) for 2 hours. This morning before race, the organizers decided to change the course again because of the rain last night; a climbing portion was canceled. So, the 10km course became an 8.4km course with 250m elevation gain.
I managed to finish on 15'th place out of 107 participants in the 10k event. I'm happy with the result considering the amount of mud on the trail
). The grip was close to ZERO on most of the trail.
Total time was 46m:16s; 5m:30s/km avg pace; 176bpm avg HR; 182bpm max HR.
Target time on the new course was sub 55min if the course wasn't shorted(it would have had +90m extra elevation if it were complete).
Next race will be a 5.57km race on 18'th of June. It might be a long shot but I would like to run a 4min/km pace. What do you think? Last year I ran 4m:07s pace, total time 22m:56s.
I will probably take a break tomorrow and do a recovery run on Monday and on Tuesday I'll start a new cycle. Do you think I should adjust paces for the new cycle?
So, where do I start? :-)) I raced by the way.
A week ago the organizers decided to change the race course, so I can't compare with previous times.
Anyway, fast forward to Friday night, when it rained like crazy(30+ liters/square meter) for 2 hours. This morning before race, the organizers decided to change the course again because of the rain last night; a climbing portion was canceled. So, the 10km course became an 8.4km course with 250m elevation gain.
I managed to finish on 15'th place out of 107 participants in the 10k event. I'm happy with the result considering the amount of mud on the trail
). The grip was close to ZERO on most of the trail.Total time was 46m:16s; 5m:30s/km avg pace; 176bpm avg HR; 182bpm max HR.
Target time on the new course was sub 55min if the course wasn't shorted(it would have had +90m extra elevation if it were complete).
Next race will be a 5.57km race on 18'th of June. It might be a long shot but I would like to run a 4min/km pace. What do you think? Last year I ran 4m:07s pace, total time 22m:56s.
I will probably take a break tomorrow and do a recovery run on Monday and on Tuesday I'll start a new cycle. Do you think I should adjust paces for the new cycle?