Issue: Last year I ran this race.I ran the first mile in 7:43.Mile two is all uphill with 200 Feet elevation.Last year it was evident I ran the first mile too quickly and as a result walked up some of that hill.
Strategy for this race: Run mile one at a relaxed pace.Conserve energy for mile 2.Do not walk up the mile 2 hill at any point.If must, run slower…do not walk.
Fast forward to today: Manchester Road Race.
Mile 1 done in 8:05 compared to 7:43 last year.
Mile 2 done in 8:43 compared to 9:42 last year.The strategy is working.I did not walk at any point.My focus was to run this hilly mile.To run slower if necessary and to focus on foot turnover was the goal for this mile!
Mile 3 done in 7:39 compared to 8:01 last year.A 7:39 mile.Not bad.
Mile 4 done in 7:29 compared to 7:52 last year.I do not notice the 7:29 split.But I do note that after mile 4, my average pace in the 7s range.Well I am going to close this race out keeping the average race pace in that range.I find myself a bit amazed that I got myself to this kind of pace given my earlier pace with the hill was in the high eights.But I am not depleted of energy.
Mile 4 to 4.75.Done at a 7:15 pace per mile compared to 7:28 last year.After the fact, I find myself wishing this race were a five miler because I am confident I would have PRd for the mile as well (current PR for mile is 7:24).
Manchester Road Race
Time: 37:20 versus 39:06 time last year.
Manchester Road Race PR by 1:46.
Pace: 7:52 versus 8:14 minute per mile pace last year
Manchester Road Race PR by 22 seconds per mile compared to last year.
This race effort was extraordinary!
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74th Annual
MANCHESTER ROAD RACE Preliminary as of 11/27/2010 7:30am
Nov. 25, 20104.748 MilesManchester, CT
ChronoTrack Timing By: Granite State Race Serviceswww.gsrs.com
OVERALL RESULTS IN NETTIME ORDER
Place Div /TotDivGuntime Nettime PaceNameAg S Race# City/state
11/1457 M192921:3921:394:34 Mourad Marofit28 M29 Hebron KY
137320/674F404435:4935:247:28 Robin Beauregard44 F3559 Hebron CT
1950177/786M454937:5837:237:53 Patrick Kearney48 M5273 Hamden CT
13399 1241/1241 F3039 1:55:001:55:00 24:14 Rebecca Benavides32 F2243 Manchester CT
Overall: 1950/13399 = .15
Division: 177/786 = .23
Robin, Congratulations on your PRing for this course by 44 seconds! I looked for you at the race but could not find you. I thought you perhaps did not run the race but I saw your name in the results. A very impressive PR!
My Garmin reports I PR by 1:46. But the official report states I PR by 1:43! Hey, I can live with that!
What does this mean for next year???
Who knows? But I blogged earlier that I was going for a 38 minute race...and I went for a faster time after mile 4 when I noticed that I was running with average pace in the 7s territory.
Week total: 12.85
Longest run: 5
Shortest run: 3.11
Month total: 57.16
Year total: 1036.34
Comments
From allie on Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 21:46:28 from 174.23.238.75
way to go, PRE! great effort -- congrats on the course PR and the big improvement from last year. that has to feel good. hope you had a nice thanksgiving.
From Burt on Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 21:58:35 from 72.223.84.236
You gotta love sub 8 miles. Nice job.
From flatlander on Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 17:02:20 from 75.223.137.105
Good job, it is great when you have a direct comparison like that, it is hard evidence of how much you have improved.
From PRE on Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 20:34:51 from 99.50.214.225
Allie, Thanks. I have to say I figured I would hit 38 minutes and seconds. Did not expect 37:20 for final time.
Burt, Thank you. Those sub 8s are amazing to me. And thank you also for continuing to educate me on blogging. You are doing that without even realizing it (the mileage board...and most recently while looking at your site I noticed you embedded a map of your race route. And so I did the same for this race. Even the way I respond to people...like I am doing now)
flatlander, hi and thank you. You may know that I have been tracking many statistics since I began running. I check old records periodically and was noticing earlier entries today in fact. And the improvement is dramatic from then to now. This is part of what drives me. I am in direct competition with myself. And there are some people that I want to run as well as...and I am closing the gap!!
From Burt on Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 00:29:26 from 72.223.84.236
That is pretty sweet.
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