March Running Challenge

zico10 · 31-03-2021 9:15am

shotgunmcos wrote: »

I'll update final table tomorrow. Been swamped the last 2 weeks. 1 idea for April and might suit 20k radius and better weather. Open to any ideas people have, thanks.

Or if the series has run its course, so be it.

Fair play for taking this on, and all your efforts over the last 3 months.

Could I suggest a simple 5k TT on the last weekend in April? It would be the one year anniversary of last year’s virtual event, and seeing as we’re still in lockdown, it might be a nice way to mark it.

shotgunmcos · 31-03-2021 10:04am

Ideas to keep it going in April (all from participants)

1. Strava Art
2. Take Feb predicted number as Par to sprint a 200m
3. Anniversary of Boards 5kTT at end of April.

Any others? Will I poll it?

Edit: Just noticed The Strava Boards 5k TT Club is still active so this could be a runner for April? Be interesting to compare to 12 months ago too and see who has been training and who fell off the wagon

I'm happy to set it up and manage but might need an assistant or 2

zico10 · 31-03-2021 12:54pm

I suppose it would be poor form to suggest something and not to put my hand up when you request volunteers. I’ll give you a hand, shotgun.

shotgunmcos · 31-03-2021 1:57pm

So weekend of 24-25 April? Any objections folks? I'll close this challenge and set up Aptil 5k TT by Friday

jamule · 31-03-2021 1:59pm

Thanks Shotgun, helping to keep me insane this month, Had to finish with a high risk, 7/9 for 13 points.

1 04:42
2 04:40 -2
3 04:39 1
4 04:36 -2
5 04:35 1
6 04:34 1
7 04:33 1
8 04:32 1
9 04:31 1
10 04:30 1
10
Total 13

https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/6524441742

Kander · 31-03-2021 2:01pm

Still planning to get my attempt done today. I'm waiting to the last moment

crisco10 · 31-03-2021 2:54pm

shotgunmcos wrote: »

So weekend of 24-25 April? Any objections folks? I'll close this challenge and set up Aptil 5k TT by Friday

Sounds good to me.

My only objection is that I won't do great with the month of running I have planned!
:-)

Swashbuckler · 31-03-2021 3:17pm

shotgunmcos wrote: »

So weekend of 24-25 April? Any objections folks? I'll close this challenge and set up Aptil 5k TT by Friday

Sounds good to me - i get a chance to right the wrongs of what i'm about to do Friday.

shotgunmcos · 31-03-2021 5:01pm

zico10 wrote: »

I suppose it would be poor form to suggest something and not to put my hand up when you request volunteers. I’ll give you a hand, shotgun.

Thank you! ReeReeG has also volunteered to help

Cool, its a thing so. I'll set it up this week.

Kurt_Godel. · 31-03-2021 6:18pm

https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/6526096567

I will admit I never warmed to this particular challenge from the get-go, and sure enough this run turned out to be an annoyance, spent looking at the watch and calculating paces rather than enjoying the evening. My job is spent working with numbers and usually the day's run is a respite from that... Adding insult to injury, tree cover messed up the signal and so pace was hard to gauge correctly. My aim was for steady 1s decreases, however I was all over the place and ended up with a mess. If there are points for attempt I might grab a few, but doubt any permutation has me scoring for this month.

Still- its good to try something different, thanks to MCOS for generating some interest, and roll on next month.

5:41
5:39
5:41
5:31
5:36
5:32
5:40
5:23
5:19.2
5:19.4:mad:

shotgunmcos · 31-03-2021 7:36pm

Kurt_Godel. wrote: »

https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/6526096567

I will admit I never warmed to this particular challenge from the get-go, and sure enough this run turned out to be an annoyance, spent looking at the watch and calculating paces rather than enjoying the evening. My job is spent working with numbers and usually the day's run is a respite from that... Adding insult to injury, tree cover messed up the signal and so pace was hard to gauge correctly. My aim was for steady 1s decreases, however I was all over the place and ended up with a mess. If there are points for attempt I might grab a few, but doubt any permutation has me scoring for this month.

Still- its good to try something different, thanks to MCOS for generating some interest, and roll on next month.

5:41
5:39
5:41
5:31
5:36
5:32
5:40
5:23
5:19.2
5:19.4:mad:

10 points for the attempt minus (4x -2) for missing 2 splits = 2 points total

Enough to move you 3 positions up the table

Kander · 31-03-2021 9:24pm

I enjoyed that a lot doing the simple progression. I don't know how some of you went for the hard options. I was getting stressed just trying to 5ish seconds faster and not lose points.

https://strava.app.link/Lwksxpjc5eb

shotgunmcos · 02-04-2021 9:56am

March Table Final Update

A few late moves. Hopefully I haven't missed any updates.

Kander and ReeReeG made the biggest jumps.
axe2grind was the only person to hit a perfect challenge, well done!
I think jamule had probably the most attempts

My personal and most other favourite update was dubh geannain

Dubh Geannain wrote: »

1. 5:43 - missed my 5:40 planned start
2. 5:30 (-13) - okay I'll get into the swing of this. Steady now.
3. 5:13 (-17) - NOOOOO! Need to reign in or I'll be into 10 k pace by the end.
4. 5:02 (-11) - So close
5. 4:53 (-9) - So close again
6. 4:43 (-10) - Finally
7. 4:29 (-14) - Useless. you got cocky kid.
8. 4:23 (-6) - YES 10 seconds I thought. NO when I realised I was working off the wrong number when I got home.
9: 4:09 (-14) - It really is a nice day to be out
10. 4:00 (-9) - Just make sure it's a progression at least.

PS - I now hate my watch. The lying b*****d.

Not as popular as the previous challenges but thank you to all who participated again, particularly those giving each challenge a go. Its just a bit of craic to add spice to training with no events on the horizon. Next month will be something a bit more familiar

:D

Pos|Runner|Jan|Feb|March pts|Total

1|fletch*|19|18|15|54
2|jamule*|15|19|13|49
3|crisco10*|18|17|11|48
4|Omeceron*|20|13|9|44
5|mister paul*|12|16|10|40
6|axe2grind*||18|20|39
6|Kander*|10|17|10|39
8|Comic Book Guy*|11|14|11|38
8|Murph_D|18|8|11|38
10|Shotgunmcos*|16|2|15|34
11|Lambay Island|14|18||33
12|dna_leri*|4|13|10|29
12|healy1835*|18||10|29
14|ReeReeG*|5|11|10|28
15|TFBubendorfer*||16|11|27
16|Antrim Glens*||20|5|26
17|Annie get your Run*|9|15||25
18|Swashbuckler*|18|5||24
19|Dubh Geannain*|2|9|10|23
19|eyrie*|18|4||23
21|En Passant*|7|3|10|22
22|Zico10*|1|11|7|20
22|BeginnerRunner|20|||20
22|Conor74*||20||20
25|Kurt_Godel*|1|15|2|19
25|py*||19||19
27|eposhea*||17||18
28|Unknown Unthought|17|||17
29|edinrunna*||14||15
30|Dudda|13|||13
31|racersedge||12||12
31|Strawberry Swan*||12||12
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||||

Kander · 02-04-2021 10:00am

Thanks for all the work on this. It has definitely given some motivation to try something new

TFBubendorfer · 02-04-2021 10:54am

shotgunmcos wrote: »

Next month will be something a bit more familiar

Oh God! I HATE time trials! :rolleyes:

Hannibal_Smith · 02-04-2021 10:57am

Great thread! I was so tempted to give it a go a couple of weeks ago, but no where near ready yet. I've learned heaps from following this mind you and will try it further down the line.

Fair play everyone who did it. Its great to see how you can toy around with things when you have the skills!

Murph_D · 02-04-2021 11:01am

Can I suggest age grading the 5k to make it competitive? Happy to help with that process.

shotgunmcos · 02-04-2021 11:08am

Murph_D wrote: »

Can I suggest age grading the 5k to make it competitive? Happy to help with that process.

Yeah, I kept it simple again but we can add it to the series. Used your final table to facilitate just that

ReeReeG is helping with this years spreadsheet so maybe she can leverage yours?

Murph_D · 02-04-2021 11:19am

shotgunmcos wrote: »

Yeah, I kept it simple again but we can add it to the series. Used your final table to facilitate just that ReeReeG is helping with this years spreadsheet so maybe she can leverage yours?

Leverage away! It can be adjusted to actual age (rather than category) if preferable.

OOnegative · 02-04-2021 2:00pm

Can a man run his 5k TT the day before the actual event, asking for a friend........

eyrie · 02-04-2021 4:49pm

shotgunmcos wrote: »

March Table Final Update

A few late moves. Hopefully I haven't missed any updates.

Kander and ReeReeG made the biggest jumps.
axe2grind was the only person to hit a perfect challenge, well done!
I think jamule had probably the most attempts
My personal and most other favourite update was dubh geannain

Not as popular as the previous challenges but thank you to all who participated again, particularly those giving each challenge a go. Its just a bit of craic to add spice to training with no events on the horizon. Next month will be something a bit more familiar :D

Great work and thanks once again for organising yet another month of these shotgunmcos! I didn't manage to do this one though I loved the idea of it, but pregnancy is fairly ruining my running plans these days and 10k was just too much unfortunately. Won't manage the 5k TT either but I'll definitely look forward to seeing how everyone else gets on. These challenges are good entertainment even if you're not participating, so thanks!

March Running Challenge

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