I have been working on my 5K time for a while now with the goal of breaking 20 minutes. Recently accomplished 19:30 on the course near my house. However, the average grade of the course is about a 2% downhill, net of 100m decline. Does this make my run "cheating". How much of a difference is this? Is it still a sub 20 5k? Feel like 2% grade is not much but want some opinions.
yup definitely cheating, you need to find another course with no up- or downhills and try again
interesting, I am seeing boston qualifying marathons with 2% grade, so why is it cheating?
officials have been bribed to allow the results
then if its not to you, its not to you. Why are you posting this?
Nonetheless, many of these have grades of 3-5%, so not sure why a 2% grade doesn't count.
sprintsand10ks wrote:
Nonetheless, many of these have grades of 3-5%, so not sure why a 2% grade doesn't count.
because your money hasnt been addressed to me yet
10 seconds per 100 ft. So you gained about 30 seconds.
sprintsand10ks wrote:
2% downhill, net of 100m decline
If it's safe to say it was an even 2% net downhill, we can crunch those numbers. If it's a more up-and-down course, that's more complicated but I can do it I think, if you have a gpx file of the course
What is the formula? I have always estimated 10 seconds per 100 feet regardless of distance.
basically a steady decline of 2%. Thanks!
I understand I would run slightly slower on flat, just curious if a 2% grade is considered a steep downhill or if that time is totally illegitimate
sprintsand10ks wrote:
totally illegitimate
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if its gentle downhill all the way that would give you a massive boost (30s to a minute)
if it's very undulating then maybe not so much of a boost compared to flat