RunningAHEAD - Topic: Race vs Time Trial

Mr Inertia

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posted: 11/22/2008 at 9:26 PM

I'm going to be running a 10,000 meter time trial next week. I've never run one. I'm assuming there's a slightly different feel to it than a race. Any advice?

adeel

posted: 11/23/2008 at 8:14 AM

If you're doing it on a track, don't. I haven't done many time trials. Usually I try and see how easy I can make a certain pace feel and compare a workout to a workout I did before a certain race, eg if I ran a 37-minute 10k and ran a certain loop in 25 minutes, I'll know if I'm in better or worse shape. That said, I think it's important, even more important than in a race, to start slow in a time trial. It'll be hard to maintain the pace on your own in the final kilometres, so you want to make sure you've left a little extra. It's a good way to practice racing, that's for sure.

mainrun

posted: 11/23/2008 at 8:21 AM
modified: 11/23/2008 at 8:22 AM

Here is a good discussion about time trials http://forum.therunzone.com/showthread.php?t=1442

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DoppleBock

posted: 11/23/2008 at 8:54 AM

why not on the track ? I hate the track, but it has some good attributes - You can monitor you pace every 400 meters. You can set up fluids. You have a accurate measurements and a known finish line.

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alan fletcher

posted: 11/24/2008 at 10:49 PM

I'm with DB on this one. i'm a garmin fanatic, but track TTs are the best. you can check your pace accurately every 100 meters (unless it's one of those funky weird dimension tracks). if you are already aware of your fitness level and know roughly what you can run for a 10k, then running even pace is a good idea - i just use the stop watch, hit lap each lap and look at my 100,200,300 splits - after 3 laps it's just mechanical and you can really lock in on that pace. if you aren't sure what you can run then you need to probably start slow since solo track running can be pretty ugly when the wheels fall off.

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