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March Running Challenge
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https://www.strava.com/activities/4887381155
So I finished bang on 10km and every lap was quicker.....bar the last one. :mad: I was actually on for the full progression but in the last 50m, I got confused and was trying to adjust my pace and instead of speeding up slightly, I slowed down. I actually came to a complete stop with about 20m to go and stood staring at the watch wondering why the numbers were going in the wrong direction.
It was like a scene from Aircrash Investigations as I came to the sudden realization what was happening and sprinted the last few metres to try make up the time I had lost but it was too late, the damage was done and the plane crashed into the side of the mountain. So I make that 8 points
My splits
KM|Pace|Difference
1|5:14|
2|5:07|-7
3|5:02|-5
4|4:57|-5
5|4:52|-5
6|4:46|-6
7|4:41|-5
8|4:36|-5
9|4:31|-5
10|4:35|+4
Nice attempt! Correct its 8 points. A -5 on that last split would have given you your full 10 for the progression plus a bonus for 7/9 -5sec splits. That 1 split was potentially worth 3 points
AntrimGlens wrote: »So after mondays nights effort failed miserably I thought I'd give this another go this morning.
Christ on a bike, I've never looked at my watch as much and been so confused running in a long time. Learner driver coming to a roundabout would be more controlled than this.
Was going out to try for +5 sec per K.
Complete fail after the 2nd K. Started out the first K too slow and just about the end of the 2nd K I had to stop completely as there was a tarmac lorry and digger completely blocking the road for about 20 secs.
Decided to continue on without restarting the watch totally forgetting that it was to be bang on 10K and no more. I'll put it down as progression run built into my morning run.
I'll count the first 2 K as a warmup and the last few as a cool down.
I think I make it 5pts, possibly could be in the minus points.
Yup 5 points
So still something gained. 0 -
First attempt today and went for broke with increase by 1 second. First 2 exactly the same, so +8 for the run overall. Definitely some were = +1 second, but I leave you to decide how to interpret the times and whether I have done enough to earn any additional score to the +8.
My sight isn't good enough to read the lap splits, so I just kept with the original plan of starting out at 5:10 and increasing by +1 for each km.
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First attempt today and went for broke with increase by 1 second. First 2 exactly the same, so +8 for the run overall. Definitely some were = +1 second, but I leave you to decide how to interpret the times and whether I have done enough to earn any additional score to the +8.
My sight isn't good enough to read the lap splits, so I just kept with the original plan of starting out at 5:10 and increasing by +1 for each km.
Well done that's a great effort at the high risk.
Score. Let's use actual pace as avg pace has you missing 3 splits (-6pts) reducing score to 4pts.
Actual splits look great. Almost full progression. 1 split missed by a whisker =8pts. I won't use decimal placed in the bonus scoring, too complex. Let's say 6.1 to 5.8 classifies as a 1 sec split drop. Happy for everyone to show avg pace, actual pace, garmin, polar or strava whatever gives you the best score.
In this instance you hit 5/9 splits (laps 5,7,8,9,10)
Added to the progression score of +8
Total score = 13 points and you are this months current challenge leader!
Edit: Since you have scored +5 bonus points on the high risk, might be worth A) trying to improve that or
score at least +5 on the medium and low risk to secure an added +3 (bonus bonus)
Note to all: only your highest individual progression run score will count overall. Cannot add up for multiple attempts.0 -
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Another day another attempt. In fact I was going to attempt 2, one low risk, 1 medium risk. But having to run the final k at 4.00 pace left me too wrecked to attempt another. I thought final km was going to be at 4.10.
and now that I see the splits, I see what happened between 6 and 7k. I jumped down by 20 secs rather than 10!
So..
10pt for full progression and +2 for 6/9 if you go by split time ignoring the hundredths. I messed up last one because I was at limit and going up an incline and ended up too quick!
This certainly felt like a progression vs yesterday which was practically an even pace run.
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March Table Update #1
A few scores on the doors
Pos|Runner|Jan|Feb|Mar|Total
1|crisco10*|18|17|11|48
2|fletch*|19|18|8|47
3|jamule*|15|19|10|46
4|Comic Book Guy*|11|14|10|37
5|Omeceron*|20|13||34
6|Lambay Island|14|18||33
7|axe2grind*||18|13|32
8|dna_leri*|4|13|10|29
8|mister paul*|12|16||29
10|Kander*|10|17||28
11|Murph_D|18|8||27
12|Antrim Glens*||20|5|26
13|Annie get your Run*|9|15||25
14|Swashbuckler*|18|5||24
15|eyrie*|18|4||23
16|BeginnerRunner|20|||20
16|Conor74*||20||20
18|py*||19||19
19|healy1835*|18|||18
19|eposhea*||17||18
19|Shotgunmcos*|16|2||18
22|Unknown Unthought|17|||17
22|ReeReeG*|5|11||17
24|Kurt_Godel*|1|15||16
24|TFBubendorfer*||16||16
26|edinrunna*||14||15
27|Dudda|13|||13
28|Zico10*|1|11||12
28|Dubh Geannain*|2|9||12
28|racersedge||12||12
28|Strawberry Swan*||12||12
32|En Passant*|7|3||11
33|Wubble Wubble*|10|||10
33|jackc101*||10||10
35|Laineyfrecks|1|7||9
36|skyblue46|8|||8
36|Pherekydes*|1|6||8
38|omicron*|6|||6
39|Huzzah|3|||3
40|Tummer||||
40|OOnegative||||
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Interesting dynamic this month whereby your score is completely within in your own control. No depending on what others do.
Yup! A simple 10k progression from easy to steady pace and you bank 10 points. Likely the "easiest" 10 points of the series so far.
In Feb you would have had to get 200m elevation or in January get within 12 seconds of the hour.
Another thing about this month is that there is actually a max of 23 points on the line and accessible to all
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Had another go at this today (although went for the low risk bonus "All laps are exactly 10sec per km or 15sec per mile faster")https://www.strava.com/activities/4887381155
So I finished bang on 10km and every lap was quicker.....bar the last one. :mad: I was actually on for the full progression but in the last 50m, I got confused and was trying to adjust my pace and instead of speeding up slightly, I slowed down. I actually came to a complete stop with about 20m to go and stood staring at the watch wondering why the numbers were going in the wrong direction. It was like a scene from Aircrash Investigations as I came to the sudden realization what was happening and sprinted the last few metres to try make up the time I had lost but it was too late, the damage was done and the plane crashed into the side of the mountain. So I make that 8 points
My splits
KM|Pace|Difference
1|5:14|
2|5:07|-7
3|5:02|-5
4|4:57|-5
5|4:52|-5
6|4:46|-6
7|4:41|-5
8|4:36|-5
9|4:31|-5
10|4:35|+4
Anyway, below are my splits (taking Avg Pace from my Garmin Connect activity)
KM|Pace|Difference
1|5:30|
2|5:23|-7
3|5:12|-11
4|5:02|-10
5|4:52|-10
6|4:43|-9
7|4:31|-12
8|4:21|-10
9|4:11|-10
10|4:01|-10
I make that 10 points for full progression (finished bang on 10:00 and didn't miss any splits) + 1 for 5/9 laps exactly 10secs faster giving a total of 11 points
Hint: It's important to note that Avg Pace is a rounding of your time for a split, so if the watch flashes up with 5:19.6, that's 5:20 so you need to adjust accordingly for your next lap.0 -
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Can I claim the +3 bonus?shotgunmcos wrote: »
Edit: Since you have scored +5 bonus points on the high risk, might be worth A) trying to improve that or score at least +5 on the medium and low risk to secure an added +3 (bonus bonus)
High risk 13pts
Low Risk 12pts
And today, Medium Risk 11pts
Missed 2 of the 1 second progression, so 6pts plus 5 bonus (3 x 22secs and 2 x 1 second)
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What your man above said. Low risk, no bonus.
I don’t think my watch is accurate enough for this kind of thing. Wild swings in lap pace with the slightest increase or decrease. Thought I was doing OK though til I uploaded. Didn’t enjoy this run - too much gawking at the watch, something I’ve gotten used to not doing over the past couple of years. HR quite high - must have been the stress!
https://strava.app.link/06jrxFRsueb
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Unfortunately No. Fair play for having a go at all 3. 13 points still your top score.
For medium risk the 3x 22 sec don't count unless you have the 5x 1 sec in the bag. You score 2x 1 sec for +2pts but missed 2 splits (-4pts). So score for that run was +6 for progression and +2 for bonus = 8 points.
Also you need to score 10+5 on low and high risk, so 15pts total on each.
The risks are progressively harder but the extra 3 bonus points are hardest of all!0 -
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You sure you have lap pace on and not instantaneous pace? I turned on "Every Second Recording" (instead of Smart Recording) and GPS + Galileo to try improve accuracy.
Yes, definitely looking at lap pace. Quite possible I am not using the most accurate settings alright, must check that. Thanks. 0 -
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Lol, I misunderstood completelyshotgunmcos wrote: »Unfortunately No. Fair play for having a go at all 3. 13 points still your top score.
For medium risk the 3x 22 sec don't count unless you have the 5x 1 sec in the bag. You score 2x 1 sec for +2pts but missed 2 splits (-4pts). So score for that run was +6 for progression and +2 for bonus = 8 points.
Also you need to score 10+5 on low and high risk, so 15pts total on each.
So for the extra bonus one has to opt for the 10 second low risk option and do it perfectly.
My terrain is undulating. The end of my 2nd km is on a small incline and I have problems keeping even pace there. Of the 3 runs, I have messed that split twice. The rest of the hills are in the first half of a km, so there is time to try get pace back to target.0 -
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shotgunmcos wrote: »Thank for participating. Your total is as follows
10 points for progression
-5 points for not stopping on 10.00
+2 for the 2x 1 sec drops
Total 7 points Don't worry I won't throw a strop over this, and I guess you made it clear in the OP, but I would have thought I was entitled to a warm up and cool down surely? The challenge wasn't the main goal of the run, so I wasn't going to save the 10km as one activity; no more than I needed to have a 35 minute run saved for February's Challenge, or how some people continued running after they thought an hour had gone by in January. 0 -
Don't worry I won't throw a strop over this, and I guess you made it clear in the OP, but I would have thought I was entitled to a warm up and cool down surely? The challenge wasn't the main goal of the run, so I wasn't going to save the 10km as one activity; no more than I needed to have a 35 minute run saved for February's Challenge, or how some people continued running after they thought an hour had gone by in January.
You split out the 35 mins for Feb. Maybe in another run you can put in a 10k progression with warm up and cool down. Rule was 10.00 so a run or a split, don't mind. Understand that your run was priority and challenge as an accessory, so thank again for participating if its your only go, you get an extra point for that anyway. Just a bit of fun 0 -
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