5Ks in 2021/22/23 - How Low Can You Go?

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January 1st

19:10 - age grade 69.59%

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The only recent benchmark I have is my marathon 4 wks ago.

Age-grading: 65.67%

Your time of 3:38:25 for marathon as a 55 year old male yields an age-grading percentage of 65.67%

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01/01/21: 18:15#

73.09% age graded

#estimated, due to GPS errors meaning my actual time is certainly not right.

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Just did a 30min out and back not looking at pace or anything other than time and HR.
Bang on 5km. Not racing but not as easy as it should have been.

Low starting point. Onwards & upwards.
PB of 19:50 is gonna be a while away

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Good stuff.

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Do people need to indicate whether CheaterFly were worn? :slight_smile:

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If you read the posts, youā€™ll see. I used Rincon 2s today, saving the Flys for when the comp heats up. :grin:

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If you had a pair it would be the height of stupidity to use them for an initial benchmark, how would you ever improve :joy::rofl::joy: ?

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Skive to surviveā€¦training mantra on P Companyā€¦

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Thatā€™s my theory. I also didnā€™t use the hill descent that I could have started on. oops :joy:

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Haha I was thinking the sameā€¦ We need an asterisk! *

:joy:

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Are we accepting minus elevation attemptsā€¦!?

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Could you look yourself in the mirror?

:eyes:

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All day and twice on Sunday !

Iā€™d jump off a cliff for the last 100 m if it got me sub 20 at this weight.

Those trainers ( I havenā€™t got ) are obviously banned thoughā€¦!

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:joy::rofl::joy:

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I have two pairs of them (might try yet another pair of Next% when the new colour set comes outā€¦Iā€™ve had a 10.5 and an 11. Maybe an 11.5 would work?!?)

So will be wearing my older pair for my benchmark 5km

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If you want to improve your 5km times, donā€™t run past any shop windows. Checking your reflection will really hurt your times. :rofl:

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There all shut.

Well mostly, when we go into tier 11 they will be boarded upā€¦

I ve hardly ran since the marathon.

Start next week, it wonā€™t be with a flat out 5k though

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I ran in 9ā€s all my life but a bike fit pointed out I was a size 10ā€¦

Who knew?!

Slowly selling and replacing with bigger sizes, if I do break the bankā€¦ who do they size?

9.5 feel perfect in k Swiss and Adidas.

Any voucher codes or is it Ā£225 each time?!?

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Jan 1st 23:13

Age-grading: 61.21%

Your time of 23:13 for 5 kilometres as a 45 year old male yieldsā€¦Age-graded time 21:12

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