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Originally Posted by Geely
thanks for your kind words all...yea I know be nice but come on....I work hard.   |
Im not even sure this is good advice but it helped me improve my time... i think.. you might already do this, and i know its not fun trying something new in a race, and this has nothing to do with training, its just what i happened to do when i ran my best 5k.
i was stuck at 20 for a long time... but I was always running solo. out wide, not with a pack, three weeks ago, i know the 3 people behind me the first mile were faster than me, ive raced against them., they let me run out front in the wind for the first mile and a half and then killed me bad.
I was regulary hitting my first mile at 5:50 or 5:55 and then always faded, but i was always running alone.
last week when i
PR'd i tried to run a little different, first i warmed up only for about mile, really slow.. i would run 2 minutes, stop, run back, stop..
you get it. i usually dont start right up front, but this time i made it a point to start in the second row.
im pretty accurate when it come to knowing my pace.
it was windy and i thought, this week i am not going to run out front. i messaged you part of this story now that i think of it. how the 13 year old was running in stride behind me for half the race before he completely punked me out.
anyway i was also running behind somone for the first part of that race and it really did seem easier when i fell into that line instead of being in the front of it or off to the side. even the first half mile i found a line to run in, straight into a head wind, i didnt feel it but the people in front of me did.
try being 3rd of 4th in a line of runners that are doing just over 7, let them do the work. then at 1.2 or 1.3... GO! that little bit of extra energy you save might be all you need.
i hit mile 1 at 6:08, behind usual pace,but i was not tired at all and did not panic, i got faster at 2 and 3.
maybe its just me, but i use so much energy that first half mile, being nervous and excited and weaving, i think it helps to save a little energy anyway I can.
maybe thats me, im kind of a spaz sometimes, but i cant help it. its in my blood, my father is spaz, his father was a spaz, and i believe his fathers father was such a spaz that they they almost kicked him off the Santa Maria.
Maybe this will help maybe not. Im not even sure how effient drafting is while running. it could be in my mind.
McGlynn's 5k
two beers would have made you the the winner
still, it must have been fun. I mean, beer and lots of pumped up people, and beer! You will run faster in other races, and there are always other races. Some times its not about the speed but the experience itself!
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