My question is
I ran 5k time trial at 5:40 pace today. It was terrible wind gusts, rain and cold.
It was probably 22 mph gusts. If i were to run the same trial tomorrow at the same effort with no wind would it be significantly faster? If so would would you estimate?
I could easily see it being 10-15 seconds faster per mile, if the wind was pretty close to 22 mph consistently. Not sure how much you will take off running another one the next day, but on a solo time trial, conditions can certainly add time.
I remember one day I did a 1600 time trial in 4:48, in similar conditions to the ones you describe. I wasn't too happy with that, so I got a friend to come out the next day and run with me for the first and third laps, and it also wasn't so windy. That day I ran 4:35, so the combo of the person helping out and lack of wind was good for a decent chunk of time.
don't go all out again tomorrow. go all out at meets
ask.run wrote:
My question is
I ran 5k time trial at 5:40 pace today. It was terrible wind gusts, rain and cold.
It was probably 22 mph gusts. If i were to run the same trial tomorrow at the same effort with no wind would it be significantly faster? If so would would you estimate?
I tend to say it helps 1 sec per mph of wind when at your back and costs you 2 sec per mph of wind when in your face. In this case, about 33 seconds if straight in face for half and tailwind for other half. If you were on a track, about 16 seconds
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No clue. But I hate the wind especially the gusty ones while in practice. Jus say'n.