A/R TT....Round 2 - 1 mile TT, Saturday May 30th *** please read post #1 ***

skyblue46

I'm so glad we got rid of the repetitive posting of tables on the thread. It has really made space for top notch high brow chat :pac::pac:

OOnegative

skyblue46 wrote: »

I'm so glad we got rid of the repetitive posting of tables on the thread. It had really made space for top notch chat :pac::pac:

Great idea that by you!!

Murph_D

OOnegative wrote: »

Great idea that by you!!

A lot of the chat is about the table.

skyblue46

Murph_D wrote: »

A lot of the chat is about the table.

I made my comment with tongue firmly in cheek.

Hannibal_Smith

Warm ups etc aside. I've been searching online for ways to approach this on the day and I'm still not sure.

Can some one give me a time of what you're you going to start out at? I can go back and look at your predicted time on the table and get an idea of what I should be doing.

I'm trying to think positive, but I think I might die :pac:

IvoryTower

Hannibal_Smith wrote: »

Warm ups etc aside. I've been searching online for ways to approach this on the day and I'm still not sure.

Can some one give me a time of what you're you going to start out at? I can go back and look at your predicted time on the table and get an idea of what I should be doing.

I'm trying to think positive, but I think I might die :pac:

Not sure if it's what you mean but I will try to even splits 4.50 and hope that a bit of wind and fitness I'm not aware of gives me the extra 2 seconds.

I ran 4.53 a few weeks ago and I ran even splits for the first 1k then just hung on for dear life. This time I'm going to mark 200m to go so I know when to kick if there is a kick left. If there isn't it will at least let me know not to give up, nearly there!

The thoughts to stop will be very real like in every race so just hang in there. It cuts sharper than the 5k pain but is over quicker!

Laineyfrecks

Swashbuckler wrote: »

Can't beat a nice pint bottle of toxic sweat on a sunny day.

I'll take your word for it

Laineyfrecks

IvoryTower wrote: »

Not sure if it's what you mean but I will try to even splits 4.50 and hope that a bit of wind and fitness I'm not aware of gives me the extra 2 seconds.

I ran 4.53 a few weeks ago and I ran even splits for the first 1k then just hung on for dear life. This time I'm going to mark 200m to go so I know when to kick if there is a kick left. If there isn't it will at least let me know not to give up, nearly there!

The thoughts to stop will be very real like in every race so just hang in there. It cuts sharper than the 5k pain but is over quicker!

And 5k pain is bad :eek:

Hannibal_Smith

IvoryTower wrote: »

Not sure if it's what you mean but I will try to even splits 4.50 and hope that a bit of wind and fitness I'm not aware of gives me the extra 2 seconds.

I ran 4.53 a few weeks ago and I ran even splits for the first 1k then just hung on for dear life. This time I'm going to mark 200m to go so I know when to kick if there is a kick left. If there isn't it will at least let me know not to give up, nearly there!

The thoughts to stop will be very real like in every race so just hang in there. It cuts sharper than the 5k pain but is over quicker!

Thanks, that's exactly what I mean, and what I feared in equal measures :pac:

It's over quicker...that's what I'll take with me. I'm going to try and plan a finish point so that I'll know where the end is and it might help.

IvoryTower

Interested to hear how pconn and others would run it

skyblue46

IvoryTower wrote: »

Interested to hear how pconn and others would run it

Half mile at 5k pace, half mile @ 800 pace....:pac:

adrian522

skyblue46 wrote: »

Half mile at 5k pace, half mile @ 800 pace....:pac:

So 804m @ 800m pace, got it.

I'd probably do half mile @ 800M pace and half mile walking.

skyblue46

adrian522 wrote: »

So 804m @ 800m pace, got it.

It'll be a flying start so that will gobble up the 4 metres :pac:

Murph_D

skyblue46 wrote: »

It'll be a flying start so that will gobble up the 4 metres :pac:

Are flying starts allowed?

skyblue46

Murph_D wrote: »

Are flying starts allowed?

No. I meant the flying start to my second half mile.

ThebitterLemon

Murph_D wrote: »

Are flying starts allowed?

Auld lads like you don’t need to concern themselves with things like flying starts...:)

TbL

DelDonut83

Hi,

M36, predicted time 7mins.

Thanks.

Murph_D

ThebitterLemon wrote: »

Auld lads like you don’t need to concern themselves with things like flying starts...:)

TbL

True. Not worth the added risk!

IvoryTower

Murph_D wrote: »

True. Not worth the added risk!

It shows up as time moving anyway unfortunately, tried it

Lazare

It seems to my untrained and inexperienced eye that it's all about not killing yourself in the first 400.

Found it tough to get a feel for goal pace on the last session.

Especially on fresh legs. Would a pace alert be a help, a hindrance, frowned upon, immoral, cheating, some of above?

ThebitterLemon

Lazare wrote: »

It seems to my untrained and inexperienced eye that it's all about not killing yourself in the first 400.

Found it tough to get a feel for goal pace on the last session.

Especially on fresh legs. Would a pace alert be a help, a hindrance, frowned upon, immoral, cheating, some of above?

Hi

Do you not have an average pace function on your watch. Always worked for me always told me I started to fast and always told me I was bombed at the end

TbL

py

Lazare wrote: »

Especially on fresh legs. Would a pace alert be a help, a hindrance, frowned upon, immoral, cheating, some of above?

You could print this out and stick it to your forearm as a reminder... maybe yer watch will allow you to download it to it.

Lazare

lol, so just leggit yeah?

Lambay island

Lazare wrote: »

lol, so just leggit yeah?

I tried that about a month ago. I was almost in tears in the fetal position after 800 metres

Laineyfrecks

Lambay island wrote: »

I tried that about a month ago. I was almost in tears in the fetal position after 800 metres

I am so full of dread right now:(

Hannibal_Smith

py wrote: »

You could print this out and stick it to your forearm as a reminder... maybe yer watch will allow you to download it to it.

:pac: :pac: :pac:

scotindublin

The mile TT will be different gravy for most of us; what could possibly go wrong 🀣.

The course condition needs to include an area at the finish to assume the foetal position!

MY BAD

https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/other-sports/sonia-o-sullivan-how-long-before-a-woman-runs-a-sub-four-minute-mile-1.4252607?mode=amp&fbclid=IwAR3UfkzKf6FKCWOh4TfHSo9MVbtDkAPL0rjzIskFyxSti7D5xogcmaZ9gJY

ariana`

Can i check something with the judge & jury please, I've 2 routes selected but i'm not sure about the elevation, Garmin doesn't seem to agree with Strava They're both point to point. Are either of these acceptable?

Route 1: Garmin +3.5m / -4.5m. Strava +1ft.

Route 2: Garmin +5.8m / -4.8m. Strava -23ft

TFBubendorfer

Lambay island wrote: »

I tried that about a month ago. I was almost in tears in the fetal position after 800 metres

If you're not in tears at the halfway point then you're doing it wrong.