All systems GO!
A quick review of the 10k State Records has me excited to give it a go Saturday morning at the Jenks Aquarium Run. Other than 3 hard turns, the certified course looks relatively uncomplicated with no real altitude challenges. The weather calls for possible rain but no wind driven wash-outs. Temperatures should hold in the high 60's low 70's.
A 5k and a half-marathon going on simultaneously should provide plenty of company (which I will try to use in a positive way).
The current single-age (56) record is 37:12. The age group (55-59) is the big prize 35:50. If I break that record it will be above a 90% rating on the WMA scale.
I've broken the challenge down by 1000 meters time requirements and based on recent racing and training, I feel like it is reasonable to at least give it a shot.
Averaging 3:34 per thousand gets the record by 10 seconds. That's the mission. Cut it close to run as conservatively as I can to try to prevent crashing and burning.
My strategy is to go with the big prize in mind then adjusting if necessary to at least bring home the single age-record.
A 5k and a half-marathon going on simultaneously should provide plenty of company (which I will try to use in a positive way).
The current single-age (56) record is 37:12. The age group (55-59) is the big prize 35:50. If I break that record it will be above a 90% rating on the WMA scale.
I've broken the challenge down by 1000 meters time requirements and based on recent racing and training, I feel like it is reasonable to at least give it a shot.
Averaging 3:34 per thousand gets the record by 10 seconds. That's the mission. Cut it close to run as conservatively as I can to try to prevent crashing and burning.
My strategy is to go with the big prize in mind then adjusting if necessary to at least bring home the single age-record.
posted by Hawk at
12:26 PM
3 Comments:
Great aspiration, solid plan, good hunting tomorrow, keep us posted!
By
Greenrok, At
April 6, 2012 at 4:45 PM
3rd place overall.
At the 5k mark my watch read 18:06. Knowing the rest of the course would be into a headwind, I decided to forget the clock, (and the age group record 35:50).I stopped my watch and decided to just manage my energy to be sure to get the 37:12 single age record.
The course got even more crowded than I expected. The half marathoners were still going out on the course as the 10kers were heading back in. The fun runners and 5kers were also sharing the final 2500 meters of the course.
I lost sight of the lead bike due to the crowd so the winding course became even more confusing. It's hard to race effectively when you are uncertain as to where you are going. (I did warm up before the race and scout out both the first 2000 meters and the last 2000 meters of the course, but it's a whole different look when it's loaded down with runners).
Anyway , long story shoet, I had no idea that I had run negative splits even with the wind and the crowd. I had run myself into a chance of setting the age-group record without even knowing it. The first time I realized it was when I was 50 meters or so from the finish when I got a clear look at the clock at the finish line. By that time it read 35:48. I crossed at 35:57.So I left feeling a bit confused as to how I should feel. I blew the single -age record away (previously held by George Marchetti of Tulsa (November 1998) but I blew the opportunity to set the age-group record by doubting myself.
Strange race.The good thing is there are plenty of 10k's between here and age 60 so maybe this lesson will serve me sometime in the future.
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Hawk, At
April 7, 2012 at 3:54 PM
awesome report
By
lemonade, At
April 12, 2012 at 6:54 PM
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