Its much harder to run someone elses pace th en your own - I respect pacers even more than I used to.<br><br>
Goal was to run a 7:15-7:30 1st mile - be on 7:15 pace 2-5 miles - build up a 45 second cushion when we hit mile 17 - as we had 5 miles into the wind. then to run the group in in 3:09:35 - 3:09:50<br><br>
It was 38 - 40F and 10-12 mph winds Brrr.<br><br>
I new I had 2 people, and hoped for at least 6. Wow was I suprised when I had at least 20 people around me at the start and we had a tight pack all the way to @ mile 20.<br><br>
1st miles was downhill and wind at out back - I though we were @ 7:15 ish as it was an easy mile it was 7:01 according to my watch = 6:56 as we had 5 second delay between gun an chip time - damn it - ... can't dwell on the past - lets get the next mile closer.<br><br>
with a 10-12 MPH wind - I ran a fairly even effort, but the miles were not as consistent as I would have liked. I did run about 20-25 seconds faster in the 1st half than I would have liked.<br><br>
My watch<br>
1-7:01<br>
2-7:11<br>
3-7:06<br>
4-7:19<br>
5-7:17<br>
6-7:20<br>
7-7:12<br>
8-7:08<br>
9-7:19<br>
10-7:12 (1:12:05 - 25 seconds ahead of pace)<br>
11-7:04 (Wind withus -mile 16)<br>
12-7:05<br>
13-7:08<br>
14-7:19<br>
15-7:07<br>
16-7:09<br>
17-7:17 (Wind in face)<br>
18-7:22 (River trail into wind to 22)<br>
19-7:16<br>
20-7:14<br>
21-7:22<br>
22-7:22<br>
23-7:10 (Wind at backs - I meant to run a 7:15 as people are tired)<br>
24-7:29 (trying to bring in the group - still 12-15 strong)<br>
25-7:08 (Wind at back - damn it - It didn't feel like a 7:08 - lost a lot of the group)<br>
26-7:38 (slowed down and worked with the 2-3 people around me to get them in under 3:10)<br>
Final time 3:09:44-3:09:39 chip.<br><br>
Looking at results - I think 7 of the 20 broke 3:10 and another 4 broke 3:10:59 (BQ)<br><br>
With the wind I was OK with all of the miles except #1 and # 25 - This pacing thing is harder than it looks. There were @ 3 more miles that I wish were about 5 seconds slower. All-in-All it was a good experience for me - I pray it was decent for the group. I had about 10 thank yous after - I hope that doen't mean 10 people weren't happy.
Goal was to run a 7:15-7:30 1st mile - be on 7:15 pace 2-5 miles - build up a 45 second cushion when we hit mile 17 - as we had 5 miles into the wind. then to run the group in in 3:09:35 - 3:09:50<br><br>
It was 38 - 40F and 10-12 mph winds Brrr.<br><br>
I new I had 2 people, and hoped for at least 6. Wow was I suprised when I had at least 20 people around me at the start and we had a tight pack all the way to @ mile 20.<br><br>
1st miles was downhill and wind at out back - I though we were @ 7:15 ish as it was an easy mile it was 7:01 according to my watch = 6:56 as we had 5 second delay between gun an chip time - damn it - ... can't dwell on the past - lets get the next mile closer.<br><br>
with a 10-12 MPH wind - I ran a fairly even effort, but the miles were not as consistent as I would have liked. I did run about 20-25 seconds faster in the 1st half than I would have liked.<br><br>
My watch<br>
1-7:01<br>
2-7:11<br>
3-7:06<br>
4-7:19<br>
5-7:17<br>
6-7:20<br>
7-7:12<br>
8-7:08<br>
9-7:19<br>
10-7:12 (1:12:05 - 25 seconds ahead of pace)<br>
11-7:04 (Wind withus -mile 16)<br>
12-7:05<br>
13-7:08<br>
14-7:19<br>
15-7:07<br>
16-7:09<br>
17-7:17 (Wind in face)<br>
18-7:22 (River trail into wind to 22)<br>
19-7:16<br>
20-7:14<br>
21-7:22<br>
22-7:22<br>
23-7:10 (Wind at backs - I meant to run a 7:15 as people are tired)<br>
24-7:29 (trying to bring in the group - still 12-15 strong)<br>
25-7:08 (Wind at back - damn it - It didn't feel like a 7:08 - lost a lot of the group)<br>
26-7:38 (slowed down and worked with the 2-3 people around me to get them in under 3:10)<br>
Final time 3:09:44-3:09:39 chip.<br><br>
Looking at results - I think 7 of the 20 broke 3:10 and another 4 broke 3:10:59 (BQ)<br><br>
With the wind I was OK with all of the miles except #1 and # 25 - This pacing thing is harder than it looks. There were @ 3 more miles that I wish were about 5 seconds slower. All-in-All it was a good experience for me - I pray it was decent for the group. I had about 10 thank yous after - I hope that doen't mean 10 people weren't happy.