Gonna hop into an all-comers 5k tonight on the track. Relevant info:
- Ran 19:18 in February on a flat road course.
- Averaging ~35 mpw since then, mostly easy (7:30-8:00 pace) with some fartleks and 1 workout/week.
- Recently ran a 5:13 1500 in a workout on about 90% effort (after running 20 miles the previous three days).
- It's really hot outside, but maybe by 9pm it will be cooler.
- I'm old and slow. Lifetime pr was 16:53, set in 1994.
19:01
Well, that kind of sucked. Not many people showed, so everyone was either way faster than me (like 15:30s), or way slower. So I basically ran the whole thing solo.
Went out at 6:03 for 1600 and felt comfortable; after lap 6 I started getting a side stitch and lost focus a bit. Gutted out a painful 19:14. Bleh.
Club Northwest All-Comers? I was just there.
Slow Bro wrote:
Well, that kind of sucked. Not many people showed, so everyone was either way faster than me (like 15:30s), or way slower. So I basically ran the whole thing solo.
Went out at 6:03 for 1600 and felt comfortable; after lap 6 I started getting a side stitch and lost focus a bit. Gutted out a painful 19:14. Bleh.
Improvement over your last 5k, can't complain too much...
jamin wrote:
Club Northwest All-Comers? I was just there.
Yup. I saw you win the mile. Was gonna introduce myself, but I made a quick stop in the bathroom before heading to the field to warm up, and I didn't see you around.
Slow Bro wrote:
jamin wrote:Club Northwest All-Comers? I was just there.
Yup. I saw you win the mile. Was gonna introduce myself, but I made a quick stop in the bathroom before heading to the field to warm up, and I didn't see you around.
Please do introduce yourself. Will you be there next week? I talked with HardLoper there briefly tonight.
jamin wrote:
Slow Bro wrote:Yup. I saw you win the mile. Was gonna introduce myself, but I made a quick stop in the bathroom before heading to the field to warm up, and I didn't see you around.
Please do introduce yourself. Will you be there next week? I talked with HardLoper there briefly tonight.
Not sure yet whether I can make it next week. If I do, I might try to run the 400 or 800. I'll say hello if I see you.
Maybe you'll get 19:30 if the entire course is a 45 degree angle downhill. Other than that, 24:00.
Slow Bro wrote:
jamin wrote:Please do introduce yourself. Will you be there next week? I talked with HardLoper there briefly tonight.
Not sure yet whether I can make it next week. If I do, I might try to run the 400 or 800. I'll say hello if I see you.
Ok. I'll be there the following week, for certain. Look for the guy in light blue Adidas short-shorts.