This morning I ran a 5k in Glenville, IA. My time was 19:10 (6:10 mile pace). (Here’s the article in the Albert Lea Tribune.) Besides a first place finish, the time puts my VDOT at 52. I haven’t specifically been training for a 5k. I do tempo runs once a week, but no speed work [...]
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Beginning another season
In April, I ran the Fountain Lake Five Mile after having been sick for two weeks. It was miserably cold and windy and nothing about running at race pace felt natural to me. My average pace was 6:47 per mile, which was a far cry from the 6:10 average I ran last year. Of course, [...]
Douglas Trail Races 11-Mile
On Saturday, August 7, I participated in the Douglas Trail Races 11-mile run. My goal was to race at about 6:45 pace, given that I’d run a half marathon earlier in the summer at 6:53 pace and I wasn’t quite sure of my fitness level. I ended up finishing in 1:11:11, which works out to [...]
April Sorensen Half Marathon 2010
Last weekend I ran the April Sorensen Half Marathon. My time wasn’t all that great, but my place was significantly better than last year: 4th overall. My time was actually a few seconds slower than last year: 1:30:08, but it’s hard to compare times because the course changed. Also, times were slower this year because [...]
10 Kato PR: 38:18
I set a road personal record (PR) in the Memorial Day 10 Kato (10K) on Monday. My average pace per mile worked out to be about 6:10 with the following splits: 6:02, 6:11, 6:20, 5:45, 6:24, 6:27. The fourth mile was straight downhill. And the last two miles were back up–an excellent test of strength. [...]
Are even splits all they’re cracked up to be?
This Runner’s World article from 2007 shows that 5k runners may just hit PR’s if they take their first mile 3% to 6% faster than they usually do. But then why do world class runners keep even and/or negative splits when they race? According to the article, elite runners keep their pace up right from [...]