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LOL Many of us probably look that strong and unattainable to other runners, particularly beginners, who struggle to maintain a 12:00-14:00 pace.
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Many of us probably look that strong and unattainable to other runners, particularly beginners, who struggle to maintain a 12:00-14:00 pace.
I wonder about this sometimes myself - how I look (and my stride looks) to other runners. Do I look like I am gliding along effortlessly (even when I'm struggling in a run).
Back to original point of the post - I too had a similar experience a few years back right around Boston Marathon time. I was cruising along (at my 8:00 pace) a nice trail in Lexington. When suddenly I hear "On your left." as 4 guys flew past me like I was standing still. And I still remember watching them take off down the path, chatting it up like it was nothing, keeping a pace that I knew would have me sucking wind in a hundred yards or so. nice to watch for the short time I got to see it up close.
My absolute favorite part of our big local 5k every year is seeing the 13 minute crew glide by on the out-and-back as I go out and they go back.
You have a local 'crew' that runs in the 13's? What is that location, the western hemisphere?
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Sounds like my runs around here... thankfully I'm so fat and slow I lost any semblance of an ego decades ago...
Local race. The 13 minute crew is clearly not from round here.
http://www.roadntracksports.com/RaceResults/15th_Annual_New_Balance_Moonlight_Run_5K.htm
But Och! I backward cast my e'e, On prospects drear! An' forward, tho' I canna see, I guess an' fear!
The 13 minute crew is clearly not from round here.
yeah...they live in my town. It's insane.
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The first year I ran Hood to Coast I had a similar experience. The elite teams start later than the rest of us so that they do not finish before 9 am. Middle of the night pretty much alone on my road I just felt a sensation more than a sound. And then the lightest little pit-pat-pit -pat on the gravel and whoosh a ghost glided by me. It was like he was ice skating by me, feet gliding not striking. Had he not been wearing the mandated reflective gear and headlamp I would have been sure it was a hallucination
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Local race. The 13 minute crew is clearly not from round here. http://www.roadntracksports.com/RaceResults/15th_Annual_New_Balance_Moonlight_Run_5K.htm
One Kenyan ran a 15:41. How embarrassing.
Oops...he was 45! Nevermind.
Give him a break, he just finished the C25k program.
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I've had this too, not so much while out running around here, but at some races with an out-and-back course. I'm not what most people would consider a turtle (21min 5k), and these people can easily wup my butt. I often wonder how I appear to other runners. My 5k PR race, I won overall female, and felt so light and free I thought I could fly. Wonder what everyone else was thinking about my generally horrible form during that race? (I tend to do an upper-body twist thing)
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Ha. Probably
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