Unofficial time 1:18:45 -- exactly 6 min pace... exactly. And 10 mile split was 59:47. EDIT: Official time 1:18:47
Yes. It is true. My gps even said it was 13.24 but I probably just cut the tangents poorly. You had to to work with a pack in the wind. I will get the splits off my gps later, but it was pretty much 5:55 pace the whole way except for a few hills which slowed me down. I would say the course is fast, but not blazing. There were at least 4 significant hills... Im talking 1/2 mile long hills--the worst of which is in miles 12 and into 13. I do much better with rolling because I can recover on each downhill. I would have run at least 30 seconds faster on a truly flat course. But the weather was almost perfect. It was high 40's and I actually went shirtless after the first 3 miles. The wind was significant but was actually the opposite direction than it usually is. Working with a pack really decreased its affect on me. So miles 3-9 which are slightly downhill had the headwind instead of the first 3 and last 3 which is usually the case. That was really good for my confidence because I was hurting at 10 miles though thought I could maintain pretty well. Knowing that I had quite a bit of time in the bank and a tailwind to boot really helped psychologically. So, based on the mcmillan running calculator, my mile and half marathon are almost perfectly equal performances. 1:18:45 equates to a 4:55 mile. And other equivalent times are 17:02 for 5k ouch, and 28:14 for 5miles another ouch. I would really like to break 17 and 28 this season. Let's hope I am up to the task.
Now the question is: why am I so slow for the mile? My speed isn't that bad. I can pop off 70-72's pretty easily in workouts. And my aerobic capacity is obviously very strong compared to last year. What is wrong with me?
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