http://gerrydeocampo.com/2009/11/15/silver-strand-2009/ Swim, bike, run, rinse, repeat Mon, 25 Jul 2011 17:04:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://gerrydeocampo.com/2009/11/15/silver-strand-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-167 Dave P Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:15:07 +0000 http://gerrydeocampo.com/?p=1064#comment-167 Hey Gerry, congrats on another PR - second one in as many weeks if I'm not mistaking. Thought I'd throw in my say real quick: the key to longer running races is a negative or even split. So, if your goal was to break 1:40, you probably started off too fast. Think if you would've started off running 7:40s instead of 7:24s, then at the halfway point you could've picked it up just a tad to get into the 7:30s and this would've put you under your goal time easily. For 5k's it's a little different but not by much. I have had some success with this strategy in my short triathlon experience and any coach will tell you to try to negative split any race. It takes practice and the confidence to hold back in the beginning of races. Good luck in your next 5k! Hey Gerry, congrats on another PR – second one in as many weeks if I’m not mistaking.
Thought I’d throw in my say real quick: the key to longer running races is a negative or even split. So, if your goal was to break 1:40, you probably started off too fast. Think if you would’ve started off running 7:40s instead of 7:24s, then at the halfway point you could’ve picked it up just a tad to get into the 7:30s and this would’ve put you under your goal time easily.
For 5k’s it’s a little different but not by much. I have had some success with this strategy in my short triathlon experience and any coach will tell you to try to negative split any race. It takes practice and the confidence to hold back in the beginning of races.
Good luck in your next 5k!

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