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by Bob S. » April 29th, 2007, 11:42 pm
Well I finally got around to doing this season’s FM, with only a day left to spare. At 3:20:41.2, it was a crap piece, Slower than last season’s by 1:48.9 (the only other one that I have done). I haven’t done much serious erg work this month and it really showed. Other than my daily 10’ wakeups, which have an average pace of only 2:26 +/- 0:08, I have done only 5 other workouts this month. All five pieces included warm up and cool down in the time given.
4/2: 60’
4/4: 80’
4/6: 100’
4/11: 80’
4/17: 40’
As you can see, I had a good start at the beginning of the month, but for me, the season was basically over after WIRC and I just couldn’t work up any real motivation to continue. Last season, I did my marathon fairly early in March, when I was still in condition, but this time I waited too long.
The marathon itself went like the April training. For the first 16k I was holding around 2:18, which would have given me a solid PB, However, for the next 14k, I was over 2:20, but still in the range to beat my last year time. And in the last 12+k I was getting up into the mid 2:20s, with the 40-42k segment at 2:27.3 and a piddling “sprint” for the last 195m at 2:24.1.
Last season, I took three breaks and I estimated that I lost a total of about 95 seconds. This time, I again took three breaks, but lost about 30” on the first, 45” on the second, and a full minute on the third, a total of about 135 seconds. Also, last season I had good negative splitting, starting in the low 2:20s and ending up with paces under 2:18.
My HR went higher than I would have expected for the slow pace. I had no readings for the first 10k. Then on a hunch, I checked the plug during my first break and found that it was not all the way in. After that, it held at 146-147 for 24k, but climbed into the mid 150s for the last 8k. Last year, I was over half way through (24k) before it reached 140 and there were no end of split readings over 148.
Bob S.
P.S. It did wonders for my nonathlon score. In addition to the 100 point bonus, I picked up another 83 points when the score for the marathon replaced my lowest of the scores of the other nine events. I should go back and try to improve one of those other low ones tomorrow, but I am not quite that crazy.
