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My Garmin the (735 XT) does this. And it seems very unlikely that i can do those times.  Currently predicts at 3:45 marathon (i haven't done a marathon in about 8 years and my PB is 4:08) would seem a really big stretch and A LOT would have to go very perfectly including mileage and training

• Weight: 362

I am always underseeded at races.  At smaller races they usually don't have any seeding and people just line up where they want to.  I always pick out the guy that I think is going to be the top runner of the day and try to make sure he is on the front row and that I am squarely behind him. Usually, there is a row of 8-14-year-olds kids on the front row though and the 'blocker" I have picked out for me is on the 2nd row and I am on the third row. 

The bigger races that I have been to with seeded corals at the front have had  2-3 "qualifying" races that you have to run to get into the preferred seeded corral. When you are coming from out of town, attending these small local "qualifying" races isn't possible so this essential is a way for race organizers to favor the home team.  Other races will allow you to submit a time for a recent certified & verified race for your qualification, but If are a triathlete that doesn't do a ton of pure running events you often don't have another 10K time, from the past 3 months on a certified course that you can submit to get seeded where you should be.  So the way the corral system is used at many races is bias and flawed. 

The first time I did the Tulsa Run I was a top 100 finisher out of s4,000 runners.  They had a seeded corral with about 300 runners in it that had about a 150-foot gap between them and the line-up point for the rest of the runners. It took me all of about 7 seconds at the start of the race to close the 150 foot lead on the seeded runners and hit a wall of slower-moving traffic.  I know I beat at least 200 of the seeded runners, but I think about half of the people that beet me didn't make the seeded coral either so the seeded races are heavily biased.  They may work for the core members of their local running club, but I am not a fan of the preferred corals at races.

The struggle is real so give yourself the credit you need! Great job on getting it done!!! Gold star to you (if you read/listen to Gretchen Rubin then you know - i love her & I love gold stars i award myself)!

My coached swim is late so i joke every time that the win is just making it to the pool. I guess i am only half joking. The swim part is gravy. 

My watch doesn't predict paces, but one of the training Apps that I use to log workouts does and it usually has my predicted pace at about 90 seconds slower than what I do on race day. I don't know what those watches are basing their calculations on, but when you are doing all of your training at Z1-Z2 heart rate ranges and you race a 5K at Z5b they really don't have a chance of getting things right.  Further, I think the predictive software may be assuming that I am training at Z3-Z4 based on what others might be training at for a 5K.  ...Or that it is predicting that I can only hold a Z5-Z5a for a 5K based on what others can hold for the 5K race distance.

The only races I've done that have actual corrals are Disney (marathon and half) and Flying Pig. I spent quality time passing people in corrals ahead of me. But the worse races for that are the ones without corrals but with pace signs. Despite a million announcements to seed yourself appropriately, very few do. My last race I watched as a group of runners from my running club who run 2:30-3 minutes per mile slower than i run seeded themselves way ahead of me. I suppose it's one way to make sure you don't go out to quickly!

I have definitely used that on purpose in a corral situation. Depends on the race, goals and training how i feel! 

I would kill for a slice of Sicilian pizza with sausage, mushrooms, and pepperoni right now.

Today my activities are going from Garmin to both Strava and Training Peaks. Maybe go to TP > Settings > Account > Apps & Devices and reconnect?

Let the 'fun' begin.  COVID-19 has officially hit Pennsylvania with 2 confirmed cases.

It's spreading more in the US than China. 

Sea Otter postponed.

Organizers of the Sea Otter Classic, scheduled for next month at the Laguna Seca Raceway in Monterey, California, announced Thursday that they are postponing the event to an undetermined date because of the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak.

“After a thorough review of the coronavirus threat, we’ve decided to reschedule April’s Sea Otter Classic. Additionally, People for Bikes and Sea Otter Classic will reschedule the Bicycle Leadership Conference,” event director Frank Yohannan said in an email Thursday.

Keep it out of western NC, please! And, TN.

So far it's only in Raleigh. The person here is in isolation at home.  Then again, they haven't tested anyone else.

Racing Manatees!!!

March 7-8
Curtis - Pitsburg County Cowboy 5K
Nancy - 3 Bridges 10k

Dooo eeettt!!!

Is anyone else racing?

We're up to two cases (both Raleigh area)! The first was from Washington state, the second is from Italy.

The Chatham County man traveled in late February to an area in Italy that now has a COVID-19 outbreak. He had two days of mild, flu-like symptoms while in Italy.

His fever resolved and symptoms were improving, and he flew back to the United States the following day. He was a contact to a case in Georgia and the Georgia Department of Health notified North Carolina health officials.

• Weight: 362, stayed the same this week, which is better than gaining I suppose.

I think I meant this to say that we will be seeing more cases as we are still on the upswing while China, where it was first reported/started,  may have gotten through the worst and maybe seeing the light at the end. They are seeing reasons to be optimistic while we are in panic mode. Of course, this is a developing by the hour situation, so who really knows! Just stop the crashing stock market please