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Time
40:44
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Miles 6.24
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Min/mi 6:32
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Pacing
93.6%
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WAVA
84.67
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Stride(cm)
128
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Cals
568
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Cadence
192
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BPM
147
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%MHR
94.8
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B/mi 959
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Asc(m)
42
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Hillscore
1
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Surface
Road
Stafford 10K: 40:30 - Not on top form, but great to be running again - and with my Running Bug buddies!
After last week's gruelling HM, and a thigh niggle all week so virtually no training, I was apprehensive about this one. But I wasn't going to miss a chance to meet up with Running Bug friends - especially after Simon Clarke's carefully planned arrangements to make sure we all got together.
We all arrived early, and had a lovely little look-see warm-up together, and then the obligatory photos. And then Andrew Dorsett and I headed off to the start line. We'd been talking about targeting a sub-40 so we wanted to get near the front. But we hadn't planned on being right at the front. I think the other runners took one look at Andrew's physique and decided to line up behind us
Which left us on the front-line where we were joined by the mayor and mayoress and more obligatory photos. Don't forget to order the next edition of the Stafford Weekly News.
The race? Well, we started fast - too fast - scampering across the road to keep out of the way of an ambulance that came blaring round the corner after about half a mile.
Then I reined back a bit for mile 2 and mile 3, which had a couple of little hills, nothing too much on a fairly nondescript course. By this time Andrew had pulled away to about 100m ahead.
In mile 4, I began to reel him back in - but we were behind the target pace, which is what I muttered to Andrew as I passed him. He wasn't beaten though - 'Still a sub-20 5K' he said. And I wasn't in front of him for long. 5 minutes later he came bounding past again, in good form which he maintained all the way to the end, fractionally missing the target (on a slightly long course) but still setting a great new PB with 40:03
As for me, I wimped my way through the last mile, annoyed at the extra little loop at the very end when I thought we were almost home, and finished in 40:30.
If my time was a little disappointing the Bug meal at the pub afterwards wasn't. Bug beer and bug pie always goes down well after a race.
We were stationary on the M6 for almost 2 hours driving back to Manchester, but it didn't spoil a great day. And well done to Simon Clarke and Helen Woodward, both with big PBs, and to Jackie Trivett, running her first 10K race just a few weeks after starting running with hubby Keith. Where next?
Split Summary
===
1) 1m - 6:14(6:14/m) 122/146bpm 68cal 9.63/10.94mph
2) 1m - 6:33(6:33/m) 149/156bpm 91cal 9.16/9.73mph
3) 1m - 6:29(6:29/m) 154/162bpm 94cal 9.25/10.04mph
4) 1m - 6:32(6:32/m) 156/163bpm 95cal 9.18/9.81mph
5) 1m - 6:34(6:34/m) 156/164bpm 97cal 9.13/9.73mph
6) 1m - 6:43(6:43/m) 157/161bpm 99cal 8.94/9.5mph
7) 0.24m - 1:39(6:58/m) 157/161bpm 24cal 8.6/10.31mph
After last week's gruelling HM, and a thigh niggle all week so virtually no training, I was apprehensive about this one. But I wasn't going to miss a chance to meet up with Running Bug friends - especially after Simon Clarke's carefully planned arrangements to make sure we all got together.
We all arrived early, and had a lovely little look-see warm-up together, and then the obligatory photos. And then Andrew Dorsett and I headed off to the start line. We'd been talking about targeting a sub-40 so we wanted to get near the front. But we hadn't planned on being right at the front. I think the other runners took one look at Andrew's physique and decided to line up behind us
Which left us on the front-line where we were joined by the mayor and mayoress and more obligatory photos. Don't forget to order the next edition of the Stafford Weekly News. The race? Well, we started fast - too fast - scampering across the road to keep out of the way of an ambulance that came blaring round the corner after about half a mile.
Then I reined back a bit for mile 2 and mile 3, which had a couple of little hills, nothing too much on a fairly nondescript course. By this time Andrew had pulled away to about 100m ahead.
In mile 4, I began to reel him back in - but we were behind the target pace, which is what I muttered to Andrew as I passed him. He wasn't beaten though - 'Still a sub-20 5K' he said. And I wasn't in front of him for long. 5 minutes later he came bounding past again, in good form which he maintained all the way to the end, fractionally missing the target (on a slightly long course) but still setting a great new PB with 40:03
As for me, I wimped my way through the last mile, annoyed at the extra little loop at the very end when I thought we were almost home, and finished in 40:30.
If my time was a little disappointing the Bug meal at the pub afterwards wasn't. Bug beer and bug pie always goes down well after a race.
We were stationary on the M6 for almost 2 hours driving back to Manchester, but it didn't spoil a great day. And well done to Simon Clarke and Helen Woodward, both with big PBs, and to Jackie Trivett, running her first 10K race just a few weeks after starting running with hubby Keith. Where next?
Split Summary
===
1) 1m - 6:14(6:14/m) 122/146bpm 68cal 9.63/10.94mph
2) 1m - 6:33(6:33/m) 149/156bpm 91cal 9.16/9.73mph
3) 1m - 6:29(6:29/m) 154/162bpm 94cal 9.25/10.04mph
4) 1m - 6:32(6:32/m) 156/163bpm 95cal 9.18/9.81mph
5) 1m - 6:34(6:34/m) 156/164bpm 97cal 9.13/9.73mph
6) 1m - 6:43(6:43/m) 157/161bpm 99cal 8.94/9.5mph
7) 0.24m - 1:39(6:58/m) 157/161bpm 24cal 8.6/10.31mph
6:14 6:33 6:29 6:32 6:34 6:43 1:39
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