How did the rest go and what was the end result?
How did the rest go and what was the end result?
4:40
3:57
Can u imagine if lawi lalang raced a 4k (like college women do in some early season exhibition races, or the old world cross short course). Haha, all depends on whether we talkin 4k or up 12k
I broke 17 my first time in nice weather last year.
I went out in 5:02 which was 5 seconds from my PR from a few weeks ago in a time trial (4:57)
I ran 2 5:30s and got 16:50...
Hoopster wrote:
How did the rest go and what was the end result?
Mid 4:20s for a XC 10k. 5:20s latter stages of the race. End result not good.
4:24 at Footlocker (one of the sucky Orlando years). Paid heavily for it.
8.26 at 3km, outside the top 100, managed to crack top 110 by the finish.
race was 12km
I'm slower than some of the prior responders (5K PR = 16:40). My fastest first mile was 5:05 in a 4-mile race. I died later averaging over 6 for the last 3. However, I have run 5:15 to start and managed to maintain a much less sharp drop off in subsequent miles, so for me 5:05 was too fast while 5:15 was manageable (though still not maintainable in terms of even splitting that).
went out in 4:57 (fastest ever), finished in 16:51, and won the race.
I had a friend who once went out in 4:55 yet ended up running a 17:22 in that race. He always went out very fast, yet never cracked 16:45
at Van Cortlandt I always do the first mile very fast because it is such a fast mile - usually my splits there are 5:30/6:30/5:45 = 18:15 or something like that.
lord I hate that place
8k: 5:01 my senior year of college. Ended up PRing by 5 seconds and ran 26:03. Out too fast but I went out where I wanted to be in the field (nobody passed me).
5k: 4:59 in a road race enroute to a 16:56 win. Sounds like a crazy fade right? Well the course was an out and back and the first mile was all downhill so that kinda explains it. In all honesty, it was after track season ended and I was just having fun with it.
world's most competitive race wrote:
8.26 at 3km, outside the top 100, managed to crack top 110 by the finish.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
This one wins.
8k - 4:22, finished in 24:42.
10k - 4:31, finished in 30:59.
4.14 for 8k...won in 23.17.
4:43 (5k) when my mile PR at the time was probably 4:35. Paid for it big time but finished 3rd in 16:10(?). This was an experiment as I knew going in that I was one of the top 2 or 3, so I really wanted to push my main rival early and see how long I could hang on. Yeah, he beat me handily but going out so fast was a confidence booster just the same. Also nearly got run over by a bus in this race crossing the one road about 200m from the finish.
Cubism Cubed wrote:
I had a friend who once went out in 4:55 yet ended up running a 17:22 in that race. He always went out very fast, yet never cracked 16:45
As an adult, I once started a road 3 mile with a sub 5 and finished somewhere in the 1640s, so comperable to your example. In my defense, that first mile was flat and with the wind.
In HS xc, I would usually start with about a 5:30-5:40 and then run like 18-19 minutes (3 miles). It was all practice for that one race where I managed to hang on and run 17:11 (3 miles) on a very flat course.
went out 4:49 and finished 16:36 at the NC state meet