Will wind have much of an impact on my 3200 this saturday, it will be roughly 12mph winds with 22mph gusts, if I am in a competitive race and always in a pack behind people will the wind affect me?
Wind
Training Advice/Discussion
-
10
-
These links might help.
02 -
you want to try to go your normal speed but ideally be sitting behind someone breaking the wind for you where you expend less energy. on a track in theory the push and pull should even out but expect a slower time and focus on beating people individually.
30 -
windiwndinwind wrote:
Will wind have much of an impact on my 3200 this saturday, it will be roughly 12mph winds with 22mph gusts, if I am in a competitive race and always in a pack behind people will the wind affect me?
If you spend the three days before the meet thinking about how much the wind will affect you, then it will. You will psych yourself out before the race even starts.
And if you spend most of the race thinking about the wind, and focusing on staying behind people, you be too passive to have a great race.
Assuming at this point in the season, and since you assume you will back in the pack, that you will be running more for time than for place, I would say you could run a relatively good time thinking about the wind, but not a great time. Running a great time requires an aggressive and confident mindset. If anything, let the wind make you angry. People talk about running on pure hate for good reason. But nobody talks about running on pure worry, for good reason as well. That saps your energy.
Think of wind just like hills, they are just added resistance. You are not going to run a great time on a hilly course if you are worried about the hills making you extra tired.
Finally, I hope for your sake if it is a competitive race, then it will be run at a place with some decent wind shielding. My home track was out in the open with zero wind shielding in any direction. Running on a "serious" track with decent wind shielding felt easier.
20 -
Beware the Ides of wind cancer.
00 -
VIT wrote:
you want to try to go your normal speed but ideally be sitting behind someone breaking the wind
Are you sure you want to be behind someone breaking wind? depending on the stench, it could make you gag.
01 -
You’re running in circles, so the wind will both hinder and assist you at varying places on the track.
push the pace when the wind is blowing at your back, and dial it back when you’re running into it.
00 -
I ran all four years of track and XC in Nebraska. Fall XC was okay, but during track season (outdoor, we didn't have an indoor track, and to this day I don't know of a high school that does), we had maybe two meets that didn't have winds of at least 15 mph with higher gusts. One of these was delayed because of thunderstorms and we ran the 1600 at 9 p.m.
The other was state my senior year when the temperature was 94 in the stands.
If you're near that state, get used to it.
00
What People Are Talking About On LetsRun