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markgall May 2021 7:10pm, 30 May 2021 82 posts	0 markgall Thanks SPR. A bit stunned. Went out too fast and decided to play hang on and got away with it 😂
CC2 Speedy Goth May 2021 8:21pm, 30 May 2021 4,315 posts	0 CC2 Speedy Goth Great work Markgall!
J2R May 2021 8:47pm, 30 May 2021 3,651 posts	0 J2R Impressive, Markgall! The way I've had my best 5K times is when I've gone out 'too fast' and just about managed to hang on. It's a recipe for disaster with longer distances, though.
CC2 Speedy Goth May 2021 9:30pm, 30 May 2021 4,316 posts	0 CC2 Speedy Goth Next up for me is Midland Masters 5000 on Sunday. Just had to have a couple of days off thanks to the Covid Vaccine (1st dose), which made me feel like I had a nasty hangover. I probably would have been ok to run today, but not until after lunch and it was a bit hot so I played safe and spent the afternoon doing errands and meal prep instead.
Stevce May 2021 9:32pm, 30 May 2021 111 posts	0 Stevce Drugs test next for you Markgall
Cats Whiskers May 2021 8:50am, 31 May 2021 759 posts	0 Cats Whiskers Great result, Markgall!
markgall May 2021 4:27pm, 31 May 2021 83 posts	0 markgall Thanks everyone, appreciate. 3000m this Friday has been moved to a different track as Glasgow still under partial lockdown. Think I may give my PB of 9.48 an attempt but the 3000 is a hell of an event if you get the pacing wrong 😂
SPR May 2021 6:57pm, 31 May 2021 34,367 posts	0 SPR So what does going out too fast and hanging on mean in terms of the numbers?
markgall May 2021 7:39pm, 31 May 2021 84 posts	0 markgall For 9.45 I’d be looking at laps of 78. A fine line with that, if I banged out a couple of 76s them I think I’d crumble whereas if I started dropping over 80 I’d find it tough to bring it back.
markgall May 2021 7:43pm, 31 May 2021 85 posts	0 markgall On my 5k I did first 2ks in 3.20k whereas I’d been aiming just under 3.30. Knew I needed 3.24 for 17 dead, 3rd and 4th fell to 3.23 and 3.24 then a 3.13 to finish off. The 4th was the real tough one, legs and head were all over the place. Adrenalin kicked in for the last one. Was slightly over distance so has an extra 8 seconds so just as well I’d hammered the last k.

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AKA the amateur athletics thread. For discussing our T&F exploits including indoors for those that do it.

Season events you're planning on doing can be added in the here (eg 1500, 3000SC, LJ, JT), if you have a goals for those events these can be added in brackets next to the event. *=previous season. If you prioritise a specific event then the list will be in order of your most important. Let me know if you want to be added.

anthonyj89* - 10000 (29:59), 5000 (14:29)
CC2 Speedy Goth* - 10000, masters league
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Maclennane* - JT (33m), DT (25m)
markgall - 1500 (PB), 5000 (sub 17:00) ✅
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Sharkie* - 100 (inc relay), 200, LJ, HJ, JT, DT, SP
SPR - 800, 1500, 5000, 400?

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