Notes
#10 in a row
1:14:50 - 7.6miles - 9:51/mi
20th/1049 total - 19/670 men - 5th/76 age group**
very pleased, even if it was far from my fastest time. i was lucky to snag 20th place. a lot of people struggled in the sun/heat, but i think i ran a very conservative (smart) first half. attempted to pace off of dave dunham for as long as possible. i knew it would be tough to run the whole race with him, but i also knew that he would run the pacing (and course, tangents, etc) perfectly, so i would have the best chance at a respectable 1:12 or 1:13 if i followed him. fell off dave and todd callaghan around the half-way, but refrained from really imploding. never slipped beyond 11min pace (just a tad on mile 5) at the top and felt strong on the wall at the end. *looking at strava, that was by far my best effort for the (0.05mi) segement. (2017) 36sec (2014, 2015, & 2016) all 39sec! moves me up to page 2 and a tie for 31st place all-time.
**great battle for the first non-consequential place in the "almost old man" 35-39 age group behind Blake, Best and Newbould. i'm pretty sure i passed larosa around mile three, before he moved back ahead around mile five or six. david anderson and i were close throughout, pretty sure he was the only person i passed in the final three miles... i moved hard with about a quarter to go. had no idea that TJ was so close behind us. with the three of them moving up to master's next year... i've got to get back into rare form to compete with the Drew and Brandon!
- - -- --- ----- -------- ------------- --------------------- ----------------------------------
3 1/76 M3539 1:01:35 8:07 1:01:36 3 Eric Blake 38 M West Hartford CT
6 2/76 M3539 1:08:35 9:02 1:08:36 8 Drew Best 35 M Amherst MA ACIDOTIC
7 3/76 M3539 1:08:47 9:03 1:08:48 7 Brandon Newbould 35 M Nottingham NH WHIRLAWAY
- - -- --- ----- -------- ------------- --------------------- ----------------------------------
18 4/76 M3539 1:14:30 9:49 1:14:31 14 Mark Larosa 39 M North Andover MA BAA
19 5/76 M3539 1:14:49 9:51 1:14:50 18 Daniel Princic 37 M Reading MA WHIRLAWAY
20 6/76 M3539 1:14:57 9:52 1:14:58 82 David Anderson 39 M Madison CT
21 7/76 M3539 1:15:05 9:53 1:15:07 779 Tj Unger 39 M Westwood MA HFC STRIDERS
- - -- --- ----- -------- ------------- --------------------- ----------------------------------
amazing views throughout. enjoying the punishment of sun-burn as i type this two days later...
i'm not done. would be great to drop a poop-ton of time off this 1:15 and run a big PR next year.
gotta get up to get down...
- - -- --- ----- -------- ------------- --------------------- ----------------------------------
looking at the actual splits vs. dunham_calculator recommendations for each mile, it appears that i could've slowed down the first three or four miles even more... while i've had worse "positive" splits on the top-half, those aren't great. considering the heat, and sun-exposure on those miles, i'm still happy.
mile #1 07:22.7 / 07:22.7 vs. 07:29 / 07:29 --- (-6.3sec)
mile #2 09:04.4 / 16:27.1 vs. 09:16 / 16:45 --- (-11.6sec)
mile #3 09:29.2 / 25:56.3 vs. 09:43 / 26:28 --- (-13.8sec)
mile #4 09:48.3 / 35:44.6 vs. 09:53 / 36:21 --- (-4.7sec)
mile #5 10:54.5 / 46:39.1 vs. 10:40 / 47:01 --- (+14.5sec)
mile #6 10:49.5 / 57:28.6 vs. 10:31 / 57:32 --- (+18.5sec)
mile #7 10:39.4 / 68:08.0 vs. 10:33 / 68:05 --- (+6.4sec)
mile #7.6 06:41.4 / 74:49.4 vs. 06:45 / 1:14:50 --- (-3.6sec)
- - -- --- ----- -------- ------------- --------------------- ----------------------------------