3M split
You know, I just can’t accept that I ran dead even splits on Sunday, between the course difficulty (started harder, became easier) and my effort (started comfortable, became faster). Looking back through the results, last year’s 3M had the midpoint mats at the 6.7 mile point. If I assume that they were actually in the same place this time, my pace for the first section would be 8:17 and my pace for the second would be 7:57. That seems much more reasonable to me. I’ve shot an email off to the timing group to ask for clarification, but until then I think I’ll just go with those numbers.
Thanks for those kind comments, by the way. I feel like I’ve come a long way, and its wonderful to be a part of such a mutually supportive group of friends. You guys are great!
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Jan 31st 2005
12:38 PM
Sounds like a very good race. Also it sounds like you’ve made so many improvements over this past year. I hope the response you get back is what you’re looking for. But don’t sweat over the timings, just look ahead to the marathon to come. I’m sure you’ll reach your goal there.
Jan 31st 2005
5:23 PM
Richard, that’s wonderful! Congratulations!!! I haven’t been keeping up with the running blogs as much as I’d like, but man oh man, you have worked hard and come a long way. Just look at your sidebar of PRs! Good job!
Jan 31st 2005
8:14 PM
Hi Richard,
I came across your training blog the other day — great job!!! I love your dedication.
Hey, I noticed that you sometimes train with the Garmin Forerunner 201. If you like this device, you should check out motionbased.com. I’m slightly biased since I co-founded the company, but you may take some interest to what you can do with all of your training data.
Regardless, good luck with everything.
Jan 31st 2005
8:54 PM
Clark - I’ve looked at MotionBased, and it seems interesting, but too steep for what I get for it. I use TopoFusion (I would prefer a web-based product), for which I paid something like a $20 one time cost.
Feb 1st 2005
12:09 PM
Wow, excellent race. I had been concerned that you were pushing too hard as you approached your marathon but I kept it to myself because I figured that you knew a lot more about your body and what it could handle than I did. And I’m glad I remained quiet because you seemed to have handled 3M quite easily!!! Great pace, amazing improvements over last year!
Feb 1st 2005
7:47 PM
Richard -
Send me an email at [removed from spider view]. I’ll hook you up if you want to use MotionBased.