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Jun 2018
10:40am, 22 Jun 2018
2,918 posts
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jdarun
Yes of course even in a marathon you may be able to enjoy racing it in poor conditions but I'd wager most of the time most of us are going for times. At least with a 5k there's probably another opportunity round the corner.
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Jun 2018
11:00am, 22 Jun 2018
5,095 posts
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larkim
Generally I do struggle to get excited as to whether I'm 10th, 13th, 20th etc, no matter what the distance, I tend to look for top x% at the end. So if someone wants to charge past me in the final 20m I don't put up a fight as there's nothing to be gained. Beating the work colleague last night was an objective though 
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Jun 2018
11:21am, 22 Jun 2018
1,289 posts
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J2R
It makes a difference if one is going for an age group placing, I would say. Hard to get that excited about one's absolute placing in something like the London Marathon, though (unless one is, e.g., Mo Farah, which I'm not).
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Jun 2018
11:22am, 22 Jun 2018
5,097 posts
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larkim
V45 round here seems to be 80% of the top 10 finishers, and there are some seriously quick V45s so even age group placings don't help me out much!
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Jun 2018
11:24am, 22 Jun 2018
5,098 posts
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larkim
(Maybe that's a touch of an exaggeration, but I am some way off being near the best V45 around here).
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Jun 2018
11:53am, 22 Jun 2018
1,290 posts
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J2R
V45 is a tough age group here, too. V55 is a bit easier. You just need to work on your age a bit, larkim
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Jun 2018
11:57am, 22 Jun 2018
5,099 posts
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larkim
I have been known to hit 88mph, but my car doesn't have a flux capacitor so sadly time travel seems out of the question for now
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Jun 2018
12:23pm, 22 Jun 2018
26,589 posts
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SPR
Jda - 5000m is my marathon, 10000m is an ultra ;-).
It's not absolute placing I'm talking about, it's relative to others. It's how I judge XC.
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Jun 2018
12:50pm, 22 Jun 2018
64,102 posts
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Gobi
lol SPR
I believe I am near the top of my postcode as a V45
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Jun 2018
12:57pm, 22 Jun 2018
5,101 posts
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larkim
Funnily enough I am #1 in my postcode M45 (that's for the first three characters of the postcode). It's just that everyone else that runs local races must be from other postcodes!!
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