Forums >Racing>Banana Man goes Sub 40 and beyond.............
YoYo
"The will to win means nothing without the will to prepare." Goals: Keep on running!
Into the wild
Shut up and run
Slow-smooth-fast
Great job mate. I was out of breath just reading it.
"I've been following Eddy's improvement over the last two years on this site, and it's been pretty dang solid. Sure the weekly mileage has been up and down, but over the long haul he's getting out the door and has turned himself into quite a runner. He's only now just figuring out his potential. Consistency in running is measured in years, not weeks. And over the last couple of years, Eddy's made great strides" Jeff 14 Jan 2009
Think Whirled Peas
Just because running is simple does not mean it is easy.
Relentless. Forward. Motion. <repeat>
A Saucy Wench
I have become Death, the destroyer of electronic gadgets
"When I got too tired to run anymore I just pretended I wasnt tired and kept running anyway" - dd, age 7
"The drops of rain make a hole in the stone, not by violence, but by oft falling." - Lucretius
Right on Hereford...
km. time 1. 3:30 FAIRLY FLAT AND MARKER -SEEMS ACCURATE 2. 3:45 SLIGHT CLIMB TO 2K MARK -SEEMS ACCURATE 3-4. 4:25 avg. FOREST TRAIL BUT SHOULD BE FAST- MARKER MAY BE OUT A BIT. 5. 3:15 I TRIED TO FOLLOW A SUB 39'R FOR A BIT HERE. 6-7. 4:28 avg. FEELING THE PACE COMING UP TO 6K- HILL AT START OF 7K 8-9. 3:25 avg. DOWNHILL SECTION AT END OF 8K WOULD HAVE BROUGHT THIS DOWN 10. 3:55 FLAT FINISHING K. -SEEMS ACCURATE quote> It does seem a bit crazy and you are probably right about my pacing. Only my second race in about 5 years. You could count the rest of my races on one hand. Another race next month so maybe i'll have learned a bit. Cheers!
Awesome job, Banana Man. You killed it, but your pacing was either crazy, or the hills/terrain were responsible for a huge variation in splits. Or the kilometer marks could have been way off, as well. Check out your paces below (if I did the math correctly)... km. time 1. 3:30 2. 3:45 3-4. 4:25 avg. 5. 3:15 6-7. 4:28 avg. 8-9. 3:25 avg. 10. 3:55 That's a range of 5:14 per mile pace (for your fastest kilometer) to 7:11 per mile (for your slowest two kilometers). If this wasn't the fault of hills or mismarked splits, then I'd guess with proper pacing you could go much faster...