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"It's what you do next that counts"
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You're runs lack garmin links. For all we know you could be making it all up
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I use Chrome most of the time but have to use Exploder to upload my runs, so I don't do it very often, last week was the last time. (I would also like my official time from yesterday's race to be taken into account, your honour)
I'm afraid I don't have any spiky HRM recordings for you
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I use Chrome most of the time but have to use Exploder to upload my runs, so I don't do it very often, last week was the last time. (I would also like my official time from yesterday's race to be taken into account, your honour)
I'm afraid I don't have any spiky HRM recordings for you
I don't know why you need an exploder to upload your runs, but I may know a few boys that can help you
Your link directed me to my activities (mine not yours).0 -
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This is where I'm bringing ya'll for an LSR soon, bit of variety and all that.
Sorry about the hijack Woddle
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Hey, I'm logging all my runs right out here in the open. I have nothing to hideYou're runs lack garmin links. For all we know you could be making it all up
That's a good point, actually. There's no point not updating your log if you're going to post all of your runs to the internet. It makes for less successful sandbagging :pac:0 -
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I was 99% not doing this run due to a busy day (including hours spent fixing the boiler) but after helping out with the kids at training and seeing both ecoli and tunguska getting stuck in I decided to HTFU
Just 3.13 miles at 8:12 pace as we wind down, included 4x200ish off 90 secs easy jogging. I was to do the 200s at 5 mile race pace and I concentrated hard on what I thought I can do for 5 miles, turns out the average was 6:40 miles.0 -
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Very enjoyable, hardest part of the run is trying to get her to slow down and at the end of the run we finish up a hill and I could see she had had enough and I told her to stop but she wouldn't so I had to drag her back by her top and when I looked at her I could see the pain etched across her face... gotta love that attitude.
So, adding to her load was helpful? 0 -
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I was so looking forward to this and maybe the fact that I had no idea what kind of shape I'm in helped to take away my usual pre race nerves.
I parked out at my father in laws and this meant a 2 mile warm up. This was then followed by a pre race chat with Racheljev and then it was time to rock.
Larry told me no faster than 6:55 for the first mile, steady for the second and then hold it for 3 and 4 and take the pain in the last. Sounds like a good plan.
I lined up too far back and just to show you how far back, the clock and the stewards were calling times out 30 seconds greater than my watch. This obviously meant passing a lot of people in the first mile but at the same time probably helped me in hitting my first mile target.
I met a boardsie during this mile. He was in a Bray singlet and looked remarkably like beepbeep, didn't catch your username, sorry.
Just before I reached the first mile marker I let out a bit of a smile, I felt great and it was obviously at this point that I did know what kind of shape I'm in. It was on.
6:52
I spent mile 2 with a target of just keeping it steady and keeping to a 180 heart rate, I probably spent too much time glancing at the watch though. I also so a friend just ahead so I sped up and passed him with a alright Stephen and then I picked up the pace so he wouldn't follow
6:45
This is where the race really started for me, I was feeling super and started targeting the groups in front of me and I just kept going, passing quite a few 6:43
We turned on to the coast rd (guessing that's what it's called) it was very narrow here so if you wanted to overtake you had to run through all the puddles, kerb side, so I splashed my way up to the 4 mile marker, hoping to make a bit of time before hitting the small hill at mile 4. I was still over taking runners but not as frequently.
6:47
Up the hill and bang, this was my flat spot, the previous 4 miles I had felt great but now I was loosing focus and not concentrating. Pace slipped to 7:2sth. When the hill was done I had a quick glance at the watch and realised sub 34 was slipping away, so I started to up it. Trying to bring the lap pace down, 7:15, 7:09, 7:05 and then shlt the finish is only around the corner, left myself with only a 200m sprint. I had my second wind but made a mess of it. Finished like a bullet but still with some in the tank.
6:47
33:54 (still no PB since 2009 but it's coming)
AHR 181
Max 197
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/145597651
This is the best I've raced probably ever. Normally my first mile is my quickest and each thereafter is slower and slower again. I also normally just run against the clock and not other people but by targeting those in front it helped keep my focus (until the last mile of course)
If I could change one thing today it would have been to go for it with 600m to go, I was so annoyed to leave some time out there but it's a learning curve and I've plenty of positives to take.
It seems like nearly everyone had a good day, so well done boardsies 0 -
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shels4ever wrote: »well done, nice start to the year your only going to get faster. Keep doing what Larry tells you.
Absolutely
I think Larry knows me better than I know myself 0
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