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May 2021
9:42pm, 7 May 2021
3,615 posts
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J2R
I'd like to see the timekeepers being more open to bribery... 
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May 2021
9:43pm, 7 May 2021
50 posts
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Stevce
Good start We would like to be bribed more !
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May 2021
9:53pm, 7 May 2021
34,120 posts
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SPR
Congrats on the PB J2R.
It takes practice and I think it's more about feel than a specific pace. Those that have the pace to go too fast, have to learn what too fast feels like.
Personally for 800 I'm taking the approach that I can't go too fast on the first lap currently until it comes back to bite me I think.
I've generally not had issues with officials or if I have, I've forgotten, lol. You see most of the same ones of you do a lot of races in an area.
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May 2021
11:59am, 8 May 2021
3,616 posts
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J2R
I do have a sense that had I been 2 seconds slower in the first lap last night, I'd have been 5 seconds faster in the second. Might be exaggerated, though. But still, I feel if I were to achieve 2:20 some time, it would probably be from something like 69 and 71 second laps, maybe even 68-72, rather than even splits.
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May 2021
1:53pm, 8 May 2021
72 posts
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markgall
Brilliant J2R 👏
Was supposed to be doing an 800 this morning but Scottish Athletics blocked guest runners so didn’t happen. I track train with a former Scottish 800m record holder, who despite being in his mid 60s still shows the class of reaching 2 commonwealth finals. Substitute session of 300 (46sec) 600 (1.44.. the lactic!) 300 (46). He destroyed me, especially on the 600 😂 Based on this today though I think my sub 2.20 was a realistic target, just need to find another 800 sometime but races here in Scotland still very rare.
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May 2021
2:13pm, 8 May 2021
34,126 posts
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SPR
J2R - 800 isn't a race where you run your fastest even pace generally and although around 2 secs is ideal, I'd probably aim for 4 secs. IIRC a lot of the men's Diamond league races would go out in 49-50, and they'd run circa 1:44 early season but they'd get faster on the second lap as the season goes on and lactic tolerance improves.
I think 2:15 to 2:10 for me has been almost entirely down to first lap being faster as I'd struggled to get out fast enough in recent years. Hopefully my second lap could be a little faster with company now, but if I got down to say 65 then first lap speed would need to be upped.
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May 2021
10:50pm, 12 May 2021
34,154 posts
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SPR
17:04 (unofficially) for 5000 today. Lonely run, splits 3:19.3 3:24.1 3:31.9 3:27.7 3:21.3, think they say I probably could have worked harder in the middle portion. One that I'll want to improve on later in the season.
Hamstring held up and so far so good.
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May 2021
10:58pm, 12 May 2021
34,155 posts
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SPR
The plan would have been 800 followed by the 5000 if I hadn't had the hamstring issues. With the hamstring issues and not being able to sprint as of Monday, 800 was too risky.
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May 2021
9:56am, 13 May 2021
34,158 posts
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SPR
The splits come from allowing the Garmin to lap every 1000m. Track mode is great if you can start in circumstances it works with.
I guess the answer in circumstances where it doesn't quite work is to take the first lap manually and then it should be fine from then.
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May 2021
10:24am, 13 May 2021
1,692 posts
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Will_Uyuni
That's an excellent effort as a solo run SPR. The middle laps are always going to hurt in that case
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