You're mean. I need SOME sort of guideline... or I go out way too fast and die.
You're mean.
I need SOME sort of guideline... or I go out way too fast and die.
Except for the marathon distance, the Daniels charts and McMillan work pretty well. You just ran 6 5ks. If you don't want to take the best one and go conservative, take your average time, plug that in the calculators, and shoot for that. Even if you can't hold it, I don't think it will be so off than you're going to blow up. You might surprise yourself.
Or, like LRB said, go out at a slightly slower clip than suggested by the calculators, and accelerate to the pace given by the calculators. You might surprise yourself.
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Except for the marathon distance, the Daniels charts and McMillan work pretty well. You just ran 6 5ks. If you don't want to take the best one and go conservative, take your average time, plug that in the calculators, and shoot for that. Even if you can't hold it, I don't think it will be so off than you're going to blow up. You might surprise yourself. Or, like LRB said, go out at a slightly slower clip than suggested by the calculators, and accelerate to the pace given by the calculators. You might surprise yourself.
I like this idea.
The average of the six 5Ks is 21:45, which equates to a 45:10 10K (per both McMillans and Daniels), a 7:16 pace. I suppose trying to stay as close as possible to 7:15 actually does make sense.
Of course, this is all moot if the forecast doesn't improve, because right now, it's looking like it might be similar conditions to that 48:02.
I suppose trying to stay as close as possible to 7:15 actually does make sense.
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Dave