PR 10k race report (Read 594 times)

Well, I think a lot of you know just how nervous I was going into this race as I have had my ups and downs lately with injuries. I was not sure what to expect in terms of time. I just planned on going out, keeping my head down and not pushing too much. The 10k was on the road, and I can tell you, it was the hilliest course I have ever run. At 3k, we hit a hill that was extremely steep and just kept going on. In fact it went on for about 1.3 kms. It was hard but I dug in and shortened my stride and got to the top. After that the whole race was undulating, yet the relieving downhills by no way compensated for the very steep ascents. It was damn tough. Here are my splits: but firstly let me tell you that I was intending, judging on form and expectation to average 7m/mile pace. Mile 1: 6:29. I actually intended to do this mile in 6:45, so this was not too bad. In fact, the first half was covered in a rather over eager 2:50, and so I thought, I had better slow down. Mile 2: 7:15. This was the mile whic had the massive hill, so in hindsight this was a good mile, and it brought my average pace back towards 7m/mile pace which I anticipated Mile 3: 6:42. This was me recovering from the hard hill with some welcomed descents, along with some not so welcome ascents. Really bumpy, up and down. I passed 5k in about 21. Mile 4: 6:45. Consistant with the pace, and was way ahead of my garmin race partner, but I started to feel the pain here, thinking I could not keep this pace up. Still more hills. Mile 5: 6:25. A quick mile, pulled along by a guy in front of me who I caught, and kept with. Mile 6: 6:31. Again a quick mile with the euphoria of getting close to home. Maximum lactate and increased breathing to the max. Last 0.2 done in sub 6 pace, to a sprint finish taking on the guy I caught and beating him by 11 seconds. I finished in 41:29 over a very hard course, placing 18 out of 110 and got a PR by 1 minute. This gives me so much confidence thinking that the elusive sub 40 is definitely attainable in 2008 on a fast course. Comments always welcome.

Looks like you ran it perfect. Great work. Think you have many more PRs to come. When's the next race?

Eddy. Forgive me for missing it, but what were your injuries? I know you were cranking out HUGE mileaeg in the first month or two of '08 and then you noticeably dropped off. i hope you're well on the road to recovery. congratulations on a HUGE PR!

Eddy. Forgive me for missing it, but what were your injuries? I know you were cranking out HUGE mileaeg in the first month or two of '08 and then you noticeably dropped off. i hope you're well on the road to recovery. congratulations on a HUGE PR!

After my high milege/MAF training, I introduced some hard tempos, and track work. With hindsight these were too intense, and my hip broke down so to speak. Laid me off for 8 weeks or so. Coming back from injury I have got my mileage back up to a sutable level and over the last ew weeks have thrown in a few tempos at a more reasonable and less dangerous pace. As a result I got my PR. Here is some more info for you guys, and I hope you guys agree, a great PR on a course like this. Possible to go sub 40 soon on a flat one? Me in the vest 110 and brother in the 500 vest

Congratulations Eddy!

Check your mph values in the chart above. They are a little high.

They are absolutely correct, they refer to the maximum speed reached during the lap.

That's a MotionBased-generated chart from a Garmin. The speed shown in mph is the max speed during the lap, not the average. Nice race Eddy! BTW, who won the Battle of the Siblings?

Bit of a rhetorical quesiton. Stuart, my brother in the pic in the red vest placed 2nd. My time of 41:29, and his of 36:40. I would just be happy going sub 40. I am working to it, and with some more weight loss and perseverance I will do it.

Oops, now it makes more sense.