The event always attracts around 50,000 runners and I always say I am going to train, but never seem to get round to it. This year I had the opportunity to run a lot in the Philippines and traded heat/humidity for altitude.
I was hoping to finish in under 50 minutes, which is roughly 8 minutes per mile, this is a far cry from my glory days, but as I had lost weight and trained I thought my chances were good..
On arrival in the US I was planning to run a couple of times before the event to get used to the altitude, but Cody passed on his cough, so thought it better to rest and just see how I did on the day.
A very early start and a temperature about half of the Philippines greeted me as I started at 7:06am, I kept track of each mile and when I passed halfway in 23 minutes I knew that I would crack 50 minutes. I finished in a quite respectable 47 minutes 1 second, probably could knock a further two minutes off if I hadn't felt so bad with coughing.
Here are the mile splits Mile1=0:07:11, Mile2=0:07:27, Mile3=0:07:47, Mile4=0:07:38, Mile5=0:07:31, Mile6=0:07:47, Finish=0:47:01
As you can see a fast start (first mile is partly downhill), and then roughly even splits..
I also crudely mapped the elevation and you can see that I pretty much follow the elevation, so on a flat course should have a much better time
This is the first time I have run 10K in a year, even in training I dont run this far, so felt good that I finished.
Finishing position was 2804 out of 55,400 or very close to top 5%...
Then it was back to the start and a chance to do it all again..
2 comments:
Nice job Alan. Impressive - for an old geezer. :) Just kidding, that is way better than I could hope for. Nice to see you guys briefly.
As long as you continue to finish with a better time than Steffen, we are behind you all the way! :) Keep up the training!
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