12M am incl Ribble Valley 10K race in 31.48 (39th)
I think I should be happy with my run today, and I probably will be with time. The conditions were atrocious, with 20mph wind and rain/hail. I compounded things by foolishly ditching all additional apparel before the start and found my arms and had frozen to an almost immovable state at 6K. I seemed to warm up from then and actually probably ran a pretty well judged race - I picked up 10 or so places in the second half. I had my Garmin on to stop me going off too hard, but actually didn't do it - the first half was a bit up hill to add to the weather, so the time to half way was pretty meaningless. There is the added bonus of me having actually managed a negative split for once.
I'll have to pore over powerof10 a bit more later, but looking at some of the other times, the race was a probably 30s slower than it might have been in good weather, with some people a minute or more down. Which is why I think I should be happy. I ran a 15s PB. It already takes me to something beginning with 31, which is a bit more respectable. And with a bit of luck, I'll get lower into the 31 bracket (and if I'm really on the money, even lower) at the Chichester Priory 10K at the beginning of February... my next road race.
I think I should be happy with my run today, and I probably will be with time. The conditions were atrocious, with 20mph wind and rain/hail. I compounded things by foolishly ditching all additional apparel before the start and found my arms and had frozen to an almost immovable state at 6K. I seemed to warm up from then and actually probably ran a pretty well judged race - I picked up 10 or so places in the second half. I had my Garmin on to stop me going off too hard, but actually didn't do it - the first half was a bit up hill to add to the weather, so the time to half way was pretty meaningless. There is the added bonus of me having actually managed a negative split for once.
I'll have to pore over powerof10 a bit more later, but looking at some of the other times, the race was a probably 30s slower than it might have been in good weather, with some people a minute or more down. Which is why I think I should be happy. I ran a 15s PB. It already takes me to something beginning with 31, which is a bit more respectable. And with a bit of luck, I'll get lower into the 31 bracket (and if I'm really on the money, even lower) at the Chichester Priory 10K at the beginning of February... my next road race.
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