sharpend Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 Don't get too hung up on the splits, mine were negative too 6:30 6:31 6:33 and the last .11 was at 5:37 pace. A good training course though as you mentioned a few weeks training on there should see your PB get smashed at a flatter course such as RV Me? I train on heart rates rather than pace. Physiologically my foot was flat to the floor on the last lap... So I couldn't have done anything even if I wanted to.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flanker7 Posted September 16, 2014 Author Share Posted September 16, 2014 I think your pace judgment was spot on. I few seconds here or there is pretty impressive - although I expect you want to have those few seconds the other way around. ;o) (being picky, they were all positive splits - my fault due to bad phrasing in my op.) Did you hold the same heart rate throughout the run? Does your heart rate steadily increase when holding the same pace? If, as I suspect, it does. Taking it easier on the first lap is the way a negative split. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharpend Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 I think your pace judgment was spot on. I few seconds here or there is pretty impressive - although I expect you want to have those few seconds the other way around. ;o) (being picky, they were all positive splits - my fault due to bad phrasing in my op.) Did you hold the same heart rate throughout the run? On a flat course like RV - I would start slower than I can hold. The graph shows a slight increase - about 10 past eight hands of a clock - but not quite as steep - where the left hand side is the starting point. On a hilly course - its more like the waves of the sea. Does your heart rate steadily increase when holding the same pace? yes (because of cardiac drift - tiredness...) If, as I suspect, it does. Taking it easier on the first lap is the way a negative split. pretty even to say I only jogged the course once round before hand and had never seen it before... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flanker7 Posted September 18, 2014 Author Share Posted September 18, 2014 (edited) Wakefield 'Thornes' parkrun starts this weekend. Based on three of the cities parks. The outline of the course looks like a Yorkshireman wi 'is flat cap on. Can you see it? Will 'Jimmy O' be there to keep his Regionaire status ? Edited September 18, 2014 by Flanker7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy O Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Wakefield 'Thornes' parkrun starts this weekend. Based on three of the cities parks. The outline of the course looks like a Yorkshireman wi 'is flat cap on. Can you see it? Will 'Jimmy O' be there to keep his Regionaire status ? Yep, I'll be there! Are you tempted to give it a go Joe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharpend Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Wakefield 'Thornes' parkrun starts this weekend. Based on three of the cities parks. The outline of the course looks like a Yorkshireman wi 'is flat cap on. Can you see it? Will 'Jimmy O' be there to keep his Regionaire status ? THAT'S the icon/medal trophy - Some kind of running kit styled as a flat cap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flanker7 Posted September 24, 2014 Author Share Posted September 24, 2014 Sheffield & Rotherham parkrun attendances for 20/9/2014:- 43 Concord 140 Graves 106 Hillsborough 43 Manor Fields 448 Hallam Total = 780 126 RVp 48 Clifton Park Total = 174 Only one more run before our 10th birthday. Graves has a runner going for his 10th consecutive pb this week. Whats your record? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winemaster Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Only one more run before our 10th birthday. Graves has a runner going for his 10th consecutive pb this week. Whats your record? Consecutive PB's only twice have I done that both times on the same course, Locke Park, Barnsley which included 7 PB's in 12 outings. http://www.parkrun.org.uk/barnsley/results/athletehistory/?athleteNumber=379006 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flanker7 Posted September 24, 2014 Author Share Posted September 24, 2014 There is a chap at Gorleston Cliffs (John Bound) who did 49 pb's in 50 runs. I'm not sure if he was a funnel ducker when the time was toooo fast or not fast enough. But he was obviously capable of faster times early in the sequence. I have to creep up on a pb getting closer and closer with improving fitness and then have a good week. Mind you its not uncommon to bust a gut for a few seconds improvement and follow it up a week later with a shock 20-30 seconds without really trying. I've talked with loads of runner's who have experienced this . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winemaster Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 I have found this too, I never go to a Parkrun aiming for a PB if it happens, it happens as the saying goes. Sometimes it's nice when everything seems to click together, unfortunately, that isn't very often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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