RunningAHEAD - Topic: First 1 Mile Race

Bugs

posted: 5/9/2008 at 12:34 AM
modified: 5/9/2008 at 9:35 AM

Ran Twin Cities Medtronic 1 mile tonight because 400 of the 2600 runners will get entry into the TC 10m. 90 mile drive to a 1 mile race is nuts, but we all know runners are crazy, best to just embrass the madness. My ride backed out today because of injury. Lucky found a lift because I'm not a zen driver driving in downtown Minneapolis. First went the mass wave, which was about 1000 runners, then age groups every 10 minutes, all the way down to champions. I ran my age group, ~200 runners. There was lots of position changes so it was hard to pace off anybody. Lots of crowds cheering, very cool, but hard to enjoy because you gotta go, and at the .75 mile mark some people who knew me start yelling my name which was nice. It's a hard distance and not what I'm use to, but for $18, you get a really nice tech shirt, and it was fun. I regret wearing my watch, should have just went for broke from the start. There was a $10K bonus if a man ran under 4:00 or if a woman ran under 4:28, a girl was really close (4:37), but close did not pay the big bucks. Time 7:06. Goal between 7:00- and 7:30. Since I've done no speed work, hardly any pace runs - well good enough. McMillian calculator says 1:53:52 for a HM, and my goal is to break 1:54 for HM on 5/17. We'll see... Will know tomorrow about TC10. MTA: DIV: 18/164 SEXPL: 137/974 Overall: 636/2600

Bugs

Eddy

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posted: 5/9/2008 at 3:41 AM

Well done, I bet you were very please with that. Now let me just say, that a 1 mile race does not necessarily accurately translate into a half marathon time. This comes down to stamina. If you havent trained long then you wouldnt be expected to do a half marathon in that time, but good luck all the same.

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Bugs

posted: 5/9/2008 at 8:17 AM

Quote from Eddy on 5/9/2008 at 3:41 AM:

Well done, I bet you were very please with that. Now let me just say, that a 1 mile race does not necessarily accurately translate into a half marathon time. This comes down to stamina. If you havent trained long then you wouldnt be expected to do a half marathon in that time, but good luck all the same.

I know, it's just plugging those times in is just for fun. I've ran a LR of 17 miles, and pace up to 8 so I've got decent training but short on # of pace runs. I'm more trained for a HM than a mile. Would like to do another one mile race, it is really a sprint and think I ran more like a 5K.

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rvelich

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posted: 5/9/2008 at 8:41 AM

Sweet, Bugs! Nice job there speedy. Neat change of pace race.

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posted: 5/9/2008 at 9:51 AM

Nice work!

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Mississippi

posted: 5/9/2008 at 10:11 AM

Oh how cool! Congratulations. Smile

Michelle

BadDawg

posted: 5/9/2008 at 10:42 AM
modified: 5/9/2008 at 10:42 AM

Nice job Bugs! I haven't run a miler or a 10K, I'd like to do both in the not so distant future. I would be careful about translating your 1 mile time to a half marathon. Using McMillan's calculator, my 5K time of about 19:30 says I can run a Marathon around 3:05. That makes me smile and chuckle. The closer the predictive distance to the predicted distance, the more accurate it should be. 5K to marathon isn't so accurate, half marathon to marathon should be pretty close. Keep up the good work, and kick butt on the 17th. We'll be looking forward to your report.

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jsobo119

posted: 5/9/2008 at 2:44 PM

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Bugs

posted: 5/9/2008 at 6:36 PM

Quote from jsobo119 on 5/9/2008 at 2:44 PM:

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Thanks! I think it will come down to weather and how bad I want it. Let's pray for no wind..ah Fargo, better settle for little wind. I ran the HM last year very conservative. I was aquajogging more than I was running, but had some more pace runs in. Guess we'll know in 8 days!

Bugs

Mr R

posted: 5/10/2008 at 11:23 AM

What a fun race. I really wish that road miles would catch on. It's such a great way to get people really racing. I know that in our marathon culture, 5k is considered an introductory distance, but it's worth realizing that in college, the 5k is considered long distance.

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posted: 5/11/2008 at 1:06 AM

Great job Bugs...I would love to find a 1 mile race...just to see what I can do.

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posted: 5/11/2008 at 3:49 PM

Quote from Mr R on 5/10/2008 at 11:23 AM:

What a fun race. I really wish that road miles would catch on.

I used to direct a 1 mile race, but we had to cancel it this year when the principal sponsor decided to drop us and nobody else would step up to the plate. Its too bad.

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