Another 8k race report
Another weekend, another 8k, another PB! I honestly expected to run this one slower than last weekend, esp due to extending my bike ride yesterday. But I guess the energy of 40,000 runners and the crowds, coupled with the near-perfect running conditions, resulted in a really great race.
The GPS track is totally screwed up due to the downtown course but the total was 8k, 31:48, 6:24 pace and a 21 second PB over last weekend's race. My placing was 547/34287 overall, 473/14652 in gender, 57/2352 in M3539.
Paces:
Mile 1 - 6:24
Mile 2 - 6:19
Mile 3 - 6:19
Mile 4 - 6:40 (fading big-time)
Mile 5 - 6:16 (cure mental voice: "you can do ANYTHING for six and a half minutes")
Interestingly I did a brick run to calibrate the footpod yesterday but somehow my watch reset to using GPS for the speed source right before the race (I swear I checked it in the starting corral and it was set for footpod…no idea what happened there).
And then after the race I ran another 5.02 miles from the race site to brunch (6:57 pace), thus ensuring I met the requirements of my Sunday run workout!
Cheers!
Run to brunch: http://connect.garmin.com/activity/161461209
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Question for you about footpod calibration --- does it only 'work' for one basic pace? Or is it good across pace/cadence changes?
As for the footpod, I wish I knew. I calibrated it at "race pace" on my racing shoes on Saturday, but since it screwed up in the race I really don't know how good the calibration was. On my FR60 on a treadmill I do notice that the amount of pace difference between the mill's display and the footpod data differs by up to 20-30 sec/mile depending on if I'm doing a z4 interval or a recovery. And I have heard others say that the calibration is only good for a range of pace and if you get too far out of the range the error will be larger. I was optimistic that in a race - when my pace was to be constant over the course of the run - the footpod data would be very accurate with the new calibration. But I guess I'll have to wait for another time to find out. Not sure when I'm next expecting to race in an area of bad GPS signal, however......
Good job Matt. Have fun with those new zones. You're gonna rock Pleasant Priarie and Racine.