So this is all a bit new really, hill running for just over a year and doing road and cross country just as part of the clubs winter league but really without a clue. Anyway a good winters training means I am getting lots of pbs in this my second year, as you would expect now there is some sort of base.
However I ran the Helensburgh 10k last week (in a pb of 42:23) and have two more in the next two weeks so some advice would be good. I ran by feel and heart rate, getting to what felt a good pace in the first couple of K, seeing my hrm was 160, then sticking at that till 6k and then increasing slightly to 165 in th last 4k.
What I noticed was that compared to other runners around me I started fast, settled, was being passed by 5k, didnt catch these folk back, then stuck with a group towards the last 2-3k.
So this was a reatively even effort run, but next time do I do the same, maybe start slower and hope to finish harder, dont look at the hrm at all?
Thoughts from the roadies on line?
Jason