Im about to do my first race tomorrow night.Im abit unsure about how fast to go out,whether to use a heart rate monitor.Im hoping to do it under 25 minutes,which I hope will keep me away from last place.Im unsure about the overall quality of the race but there are some pretty impressive times from a couple of years so im not sure what to expect.Any tips about pace etc would be very helpful.
Thanks
Ian.
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Good luck!!
you'll be nervous so your heart rate will be up - just go out don't start to quick and run at a pace you can maintain throughout
Forget any target time, this will only encourage you to go too fast off the start Many people only ever run one race, get injured and give up.
Take your time amd enjoy the experience ; think of it only as a base time to be beaten next time around. The aim is to finish in a reasonable condition wanting to do another soon :>}
But the most important thing as Kazza says it to just go out and enjoy it.
Colin
Ian.
If you always use it in training then it might be very strange without it.
I think it is a personal choice, most people wouldn't use one, but if you are more comfortable with it then it might be better if you did.
The main thing is you enjoy the race and don't worry about the time, you can worry about that in future races :-)
Just out of interest which race is it?
Ian.
I dont think this was the ideal race for a first race but I really enjoyed it in the end and my time was faster than expected.I will definitely race again,my next one is a 10k on the 27th August.Looking forward to it.
Thanks again for the advice.
Ian.
Not bad coming 50ish out of 85 club runners and a good time too.
And yes, what did happen to the .2k?
Now you have something to aim for in your next race, because obviously you have to beat that time ;-)
Colin
National Union For Adicted Runners Association
Ian.
Thanks
Ian.
http://www.newnet.org.uk/elswickharriers/
I'm doing
Nissan, Keilder Forest and Gibside (I hope)
Gibside is famous for being "not flat" - lots of steep climbs, everywhere seems to be "up" - but its a beautiful course at a lovely time of year. You need some race specific training - running up pit heaps with a rucsac full of bricks would help