The Wallace 700 city of Stirling 10k

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The Wallace 700 city of Stirling 10k - Run


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Stirling, Scotland
United Kingdom
Stirling Council
15C / 59F
 		Total Time = 48m 18s
Overall Rank = 292/703
Age Group = Veteran Men
Age Group Rank = 81/139
Pre-race routine:

Breakfast at around 7:30, drove to stadium at 9:15 and chatted with all and sundry til race kick off at 10:00.
Run
  • 48m 18s
  • 6.21 miles
  • 07m 47s  min/mile
Comments:

My target time was to beat 50min (previous best was 54m40), so a nice easy calculation of 5min per k.
Got fairly near the front for the start of the race so it didn't take to long to start running, hit the first k marker in 5m10 and generally picked up 10 seconds every k. About the 5/6k mark their is a slight incline at the same time as the path narrows to single file. Frustratingly slow here and found I had lost most of the time I had made up. Once the road opened up I felt pretty strong and passed loads of people, the highlight was spotting and passing a PE teacher I know in the last K. Ran the whole race with my wife at my side but she succeeded in pulling away in the last bit to beat me by 5 seconds. Smashed my pb by over 6minutes, woo hoo.
What would you do differently?:

Had a great race, can't think of anything.
Post race
Warm down:

Went home, had a quick shower and bite to eat then headed up to the golf course to play in a mixed open with my mum.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Probably still around a stone overweight.

Event comments:

Finally broken the 50 minute barrier, oh no, there's a 45 minute barrier sitting behind it.


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Last updated: 2005-09-19 12:00 AM
Running
00:48:18 | 06.21 miles | 07m 47s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/139
Overall: 0/703
Performance: Good
Course: Very flat course.
Keeping cool Good Drinking
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 3
Physical exertion [1-5] 4
Good race? Yes
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities:
Race evaluation [1-5] 4

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2005-09-19 4:30 AM

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Subject: The Wallace 700 city of Stirling 10k

2005-09-19 10:11 AM
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2005-09-19 5:57 PM
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Subject: RE: The Wallace 700 city of Stirling 10k
Dave,

You smashed your PB! Congratulations!
Keeping quiet...that long term goal can be crossed off.

Hope you're stoked!!

Casie
2005-09-20 1:30 PM
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Subject: RE: The Wallace 700 city of Stirling 10k

Hey, just found a couple of pictures of the 10k on the web.

I'm all in black. Honestly we are all running much faster than it looks

2005-09-21 5:22 PM
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Subject: RE: The Wallace 700 city of Stirling 10k

Hey Pulch, nice pb!!

Forget the 45min barrier, I think you should aim for the 40min barrier.

Keep up the great work.

Paul

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