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- From: passier@bmerh9a1.BNR.CA (Chris Passier)
- Subject: Re: 10k first mile: how fast?
- Message-ID: <1992Jul30.154933.21229@bmers145.bnr.ca>
- Sender: news@bmers145.bnr.ca
- Reply-To: passier@bmerh9a1.BNR.CA (Chris Passier)
- Organization: Bell-Northern Research Ltd.
- References: <5700027@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com>
- Date: Thu, 30 Jul 92 15:49:33 GMT
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- In article <5700027@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com>, smay@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com (Scott
- Smay) writes:
- |>Relative to the average pace over the 10k course, how fast should the first
- |>mile be run? I'd be interested in hearing opinions/reasons in other distances
- |>as well.
- |>
- |>As an example of my personal experience, in my last 10k I ran the first mile
- |>in 5:41, goal pace was 6:00, actual pace averaged 6:04. I suspect this is
- |>going out too fast, though I was consciously holding back and wasn't pushing
- |>it or suffering until the sprint for the finish. I wonder if it makes sense
- |>to use the adrenaline and tension for that first mile, or if by not using it
- |>you can hold an overall faster pace.
- |>
- |>cheers,
- |>scott smay
- |>
-
- Scott,
-
- I've run many 10K races with no plan whatsoever, just lace'em
- up and run hard. Some times I've been pleased with my results, some-
- times not, but it always hurt! By noting my splits, I realized that my
- fastest 1Ks were typically in the first half of the race. Then I would
- slowly die from 5K to 9K, with a final "death shrug" in the last few
- hundred meters. Ughhh!
- My last 10K, I simply divided my desired finishing time by ten and
- promised to keep at that pace for the entire race. I knew that, at first,
- the pace would seem too easy, and it did. However, I just kept reminding
- myself that I was running at a pace that would give me a good time. By
- the 7 or 8K mark it was starting to hurt, but not nearly as bad as in
- past races. And I ended up with a good time (for me).
-
- One additonal note: elite runners will sprint the first 400 or so meters
- just to get away from the crowd, but then will quickly lock in to their
- ideal pace. If you've placed yourself properly in the pack at the start,
- this shouldn't be necessary.
-
- Chris.
-
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