New Personal Best! Brag About That New Pb!

[winniewinser]

Accidental 2k pb today. Set out to do a couple of sub 6:50 pace 2ks, but was sufficiently close to a decent pb at 1500m that I sprinted a bit to the end. Ended up with 6:40.1

Not max effort, but getting there.

You just keep knocking them out.....great stuff and intrigued to see where you get to.

[Big J]

Congrats Big J, you are becoming very fast Sub 6:40 next attempt! Will you be going for the longer distances too? Asking for a friend....

Hahahahaha

Hehe! I'm enjoying the friendly rivalry here. It's quite motivating

[Dangerscouse]

Hehe! I'm enjoying the friendly rivalry here. It's quite motivating

There's a massive fillip for camaraderie and friendly rivalry. We all celebrate each others' success, and feel the failures too.

[KeithT]

49 seconds off my 5k - 17.17.7

I'm very pleased with that - my target was 17:30.

Splits were as follows:

17:17.7-------5000-------1:43.7-------26
-3:27.3-------1000-------1:43.6-------26
-3:29.6-------2000-------1:44.8-------25
-3:28.8-------3000-------1:44.4-------26
-3:29.2-------4000-------1:44.6-------28
-3:22.8-------5000-------1:41.4-------29

Might be a bit more in there (due to having a sprint in me at the end) but I'm happy to leave that PB for a while. It was unpleasant and sweaty, even though the gym was only 4c.

Very strong - I see lots more PBs coming based on this row and your current PBs.

[KeithT]

I’m delighted to report that I finally broke the horrific 8k in 30 min barrier after 3 years of trying! Pretty much smashed through it in fact and beat my prior 30 min PB by 83m. Very pleased!

30 min - 8051m - 1.51.7 - r28
Splits:

1.51.6 r27
1.52.5 r28
1.52.0 r28
1.52.3 r28
1.52.2 r29
1.52.5 r28
1.52.2 r28
1.52.2 r28
1.51.8 r29
1.48.4 r30

Great milestone to hit!!!

[DavidA]

49 seconds off my 5k - 17.17.7

I'm very pleased with that - my target was 17:30.

Splits were as follows:

17:17.7-------5000-------1:43.7-------26
-3:27.3-------1000-------1:43.6-------26
-3:29.6-------2000-------1:44.8-------25
-3:28.8-------3000-------1:44.4-------26
-3:29.2-------4000-------1:44.6-------28
-3:22.8-------5000-------1:41.4-------29

Might be a bit more in there (due to having a sprint in me at the end) but I'm happy to leave that PB for a while. It was unpleasant and sweaty, even though the gym was only 4c.

Woo hoo and congratulations!

David

[DavidA]

I’m delighted to report that I finally broke the horrific 8k in 30 min barrier after 3 years of trying! Pretty much smashed through it in fact and beat my prior 30 min PB by 83m. Very pleased!

30 min - 8051m - 1.51.7 - r28
Splits:

1.51.6 r27
1.52.5 r28
1.52.0 r28
1.52.3 r28
1.52.2 r29
1.52.5 r28
1.52.2 r28
1.52.2 r28
1.51.8 r29
1.48.4 r30

Wow!
Congratulations!
That's a big barrier to break.

David

[DavidA]

New 15k PB! 1 hour 2 minutes 51 seconds!

Going to have a first attempt at a half marathon I think today, fingers crossed I manage it!

Well done, but you're not going to do a HM on the same as a 15k PB are you? Have I misread that?

Ah, the 15k pb was a couple of days ago.

In other news, first ever half marathon completed so defacto pb! 1 hour 29 minutes 49.3 seconds. Had decent energy levels so tried to speed up for the last few k but foot cramped up and limped across the finish line unfortunately. Pleased though, was hoping to do it under under an hour and a half!

Congratulations on both PBs.
Going under 90 min for the HM is great.

David

[DavidA]

Accidental 2k pb today. Set out to do a couple of sub 6:50 pace 2ks, but was sufficiently close to a decent pb at 1500m that I sprinted a bit to the end. Ended up with 6:40.1

Not max effort, but getting there.

Those are often the best kind.
Congratulations.
Sub-6:40 for sure to come soon I think.

David

[Big J]

Thanks for all the encouragement and well done to everyone else. It's great to see new pbs being posted every day.

Managed 1:22.5 on the 500m today. Also my first experience of total burnout in a row. I lost a full second in the final 130m as my 500 split dropped 5 seconds. I was honestly going as hard as I could but the clock was just getting slower and slower!!

Here were the splits:

1:22.5------500------1:22.5------39
----------------------------------------
-:16.4------100------1:22.0------37
-:16.1------200------1:20.5------37
-:16.3------300------1:21.5------41
-:16.5------400------1:22.5------44
-:17.2------500------1:26.0------38

[Dangerscouse]

Thanks for all the encouragement and well done to everyone else. It's great to see new pbs being posted every day.

Managed 1:22.5 on the 500m today. Also my first experience of total burnout in a row. I lost a full second in the final 130m as my 500 split dropped 5 seconds. I was honestly going as hard as I could but the clock was just getting slower and slower!!

Here were the splits:

1:22.5------500------1:22.5------39
----------------------------------------
-:16.4------100------1:22.0------37
-:16.1------200------1:20.5------37
-:16.3------300------1:21.5------41
-:16.5------400------1:22.5------44
-:17.2------500------1:26.0------38

Hahaha. Fly & die!! Excellent result mate, but I can't say I'm surprised

[DavidA]

Thanks for all the encouragement and well done to everyone else. It's great to see new pbs being posted every day.

Managed 1:22.5 on the 500m today. Also my first experience of total burnout in a row. I lost a full second in the final 130m as my 500 split dropped 5 seconds. I was honestly going as hard as I could but the clock was just getting slower and slower!!

Here were the splits:

1:22.5------500------1:22.5------39
----------------------------------------
-:16.4------100------1:22.0------37
-:16.1------200------1:20.5------37
-:16.3------300------1:21.5------41
-:16.5------400------1:22.5------44
-:17.2------500------1:26.0------38

That's relativity for you

David

[MPx]

Thanks for all the encouragement and well done to everyone else. It's great to see new pbs being posted every day.

Managed 1:22.5 on the 500m today. Also my first experience of total burnout in a row. I lost a full second in the final 130m as my 500 split dropped 5 seconds. I was honestly going as hard as I could but the clock was just getting slower and slower!!

Here were the splits:

1:22.5------500------1:22.5------39
----------------------------------------
-:16.4------100------1:22.0------37
-:16.1------200------1:20.5------37
-:16.3------300------1:21.5------41
-:16.5------400------1:22.5------44
-:17.2------500------1:26.0------38

Looks like a very well paced 500 to me as a believer in "if you don't die in the last 100 you didn't do the first 300 fast enough". I experimented with different strategies on the 500 for a while Flat/Neg/Positive, and for me: 5 max power to start; settle to target -1.5 to 300; drift up to target by 400; hang on as best I can (but die - typically target +5 or more by the end). It wouldn't win as a race strategy, but it gets me my best times. I found if I went slow enough even to be able to maintain pace to the end (let alone neg) I could never make up in what is still a lactic bath at the end what I'd lost by not taking advantage of the adrenalin fueled confident stage at the beginning.

[MartinSH4321]

Thanks for all the encouragement and well done to everyone else. It's great to see new pbs being posted every day.

Managed 1:22.5 on the 500m today. Also my first experience of total burnout in a row. I lost a full second in the final 130m as my 500 split dropped 5 seconds. I was honestly going as hard as I could but the clock was just getting slower and slower!!

Here were the splits:

1:22.5------500------1:22.5------39
----------------------------------------
-:16.4------100------1:22.0------37
-:16.1------200------1:20.5------37
-:16.3------300------1:21.5------41
-:16.5------400------1:22.5------44
-:17.2------500------1:26.0------38

Well done Big J, this looks like "conntrolled fly and die" which is the fastest sstrategy for 500m.
Your first 100 can even be a bit faster, and rating for the last 100 is low, when your tank is empty you can shorten the stroke which should result in high rating and faster pace.
You'll soon hit 1:20 for sure, your improvements are incredible

[winniewinser]

Thanks for all the encouragement and well done to everyone else. It's great to see new pbs being posted every day.

Managed 1:22.5 on the 500m today. Also my first experience of total burnout in a row. I lost a full second in the final 130m as my 500 split dropped 5 seconds. I was honestly going as hard as I could but the clock was just getting slower and slower!!

Here were the splits:

1:22.5------500------1:22.5------39
----------------------------------------
-:16.4------100------1:22.0------37
-:16.1------200------1:20.5------37
-:16.3------300------1:21.5------41
-:16.5------400------1:22.5------44
-:17.2------500------1:26.0------38

Wow....still knocking them out the park but I would bet there is more to come on this one. With your background and physical size you can go sub 1:20 I reckon.