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Mr. K.
Mr. K.
Mar 2021
4:12pm, 24 Mar 2021
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Got my 1st 70+ WAVA today - 5Km in 00:20:57. Flat course & bouncy shoes.

Now need to do it longer distance races... :-)
Goofee
Goofee
Mar 2021
4:52pm, 24 Mar 2021
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Great work Mr. K! bunting
Bob!
Bob!
Mar 2021
5:00pm, 24 Mar 2021
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Brilliant!
Well done Mr K
at the end of the day
at the end of the day
Mar 2021
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at the end of the day
well done Mr K.
bonners
bonners
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Great stuff, well done Mr KšŸ‘
Velociraptor
Velociraptor
Mar 2021
11:32am, 31 Mar 2021
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I'm off the mark for 2021 :) 73.2% for the Mad March Virtual 4k today. It was only a solo time trial, but the course I chose was an honest one (I have a handy 2.63 mile undulating single loop close to home) rather than a net downhill with a following wind.

Hoping for my second 70%+ this weekend. I'm old enough to "only" need a 53 minute 10k, but also aware from experience that I'm well capable of failing to achieve that time.
Dillthedog
Dillthedog
Mar 2021
11:40am, 31 Mar 2021
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Good going V'rap!
Dillthedog
Dillthedog
Mar 2021
11:51am, 31 Mar 2021
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Mr Fetch has very kindly added a WAVA column to the Race Predictor in the calculators tab. I find the predictor to be fairly accurate, particularly for shorter races - marathons become a bit of a lottery.

70% WAVA for 5k as a 55 year old is 21:55, which seems quite reasonable. The calculator predicts a HM time of 1:40:45, which also sounds reasonable, But that only gives a WAVA of 67.6%, so it is easier to do a 70% 5k than HM



Working the other way round, a HM WAVA of 70% 1:37:18 is more challenging, and the calculator gives that a 5k prediction of 21:10, with a WAVA of 71.6%.



Are you still following? Is it just my age that makes longer races harder to achieve 70%, or is this common across ages?
Autumnleaves
Autumnleaves
Mar 2021
11:53am, 31 Mar 2021
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I think that works across all ages? It's true for me anyway! My highest ever WAVA was for a mile race...
Goofee
Goofee
Mar 2021
11:57am, 31 Mar 2021
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Solid start, V'rap, well done!!

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