Racing Solo TIME vs Racing TIME vs Time Trial TIME

Personally, for me, there's no difference in time between TT and races, unless I am racing 10k or longer.

Maybe I am just a terrible racer.

What's the difference between racing solo and time trialing?

Atmosphere and the adrenaline it produces I guess.

Bekele also ran the 5k WR virtually solo.

I can't break 4:40 solo but with competition i can go sub 4:30

Training & racing in a group gives each person an on-the-run reference for their efficiency & speed.

shesnotagirl wrote:

Obviously, racing would be fastest, then racing solo (with noone around you), then time trialing alone.. Time trialing with a team would probably be in between racing and racing solo...

I time trialed with my team (person behind me was over 15 seconds back- didn't see him at all.. the person ahead of me was over 25 seconds ahead- didn't see him much after the 2nd lap *indoor track*)

5:15 was my time (uneven splits 1:10, 1:18, 1:24, 1:23)

What is the time difference in the different ways of getting a time?

Yes you are. Consistent 13 sec/mile faster in a race for me.

CellarDoor wrote:

Personally, for me, there's no difference in time between TT and races, unless I am racing 10k or longer.

Maybe I am just a terrible racer.

Trudat. Pacer dropped at 2K, another guy hung on him for another 90s:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSSBtxvd5BI

CellarDoor wrote:

Atmosphere and the adrenaline it produces I guess.

Bekele also ran the 5k WR virtually solo.

Interesting thread!

I think there are differences across the events as well as the scenarios the OP lays out.

At PR-level fitness, I could go to the track/road alone and time trial a time the same or very close to what I could do in a race. At least in distances 5k-half marathon, where on a good day with the pace dialed in I am flat-out anyway.(Being a sub-sub-sub-sub elite hobbyjogger (16:xx/34:xx/1:16), I am often 'racing' in no-man's land, anyway so the mindset of hammering alone is the norm.)

A marathon is something else. I can't imagine running one outside of an event at all, let alone a PR effort. My experience with the distance has been that other runners and even small crowds in the back 10km make a huge difference. Watching the empty roads of the Dubai marathon all I could think is that I would never want to run it, one big lap up and down a freeway alone.

On the track, racing to the line is #1. I actually think a TT might be faster for me, though, than an out-the-back or strung out solo situation in a race, which is absolutely miserable in a track 800/1500. (I can't speak to a solo win on the track since I have never been far ahead in my rare wins!)

That's interesting. Personaly, I can run a 5k time trial (alone) at my 10k pace, and that's it.

I time trialed a 5K solo yesterday as that's what my team did during practice yesterday but on Monday and Wednesday I have a class during our practice so after I got out of class I did the time trial in 20:01 so I was wondering if maybe y'all thought I could break 20 for the first time if I was running with other people 🤷‍♀️

10k-HM solo time trials are very tough

Going out way too hard is your biggest problem.