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Running => Running => Topic started by: safedba on November 06, 2021, 09:32:32 AM

Title: 23 mph headwind out and back 5k race this morning
Post by: safedba on November 06, 2021, 09:32:32 AM

It was great at the back side, but a stiff headwind made it hard. Finished in 23:00.

Title: Re: 23 mph headwind out and back 5k race this morning
Post by: Arrojo on November 06, 2021, 01:18:48 PM

Congrats!

Title: Re: 23 mph headwind out and back 5k race this morning
Post by: safedba on November 06, 2021, 02:23:23 PM

Quote from: Arrojo on November 06, 2021, 01:18:48 PM

Congrats!

Thanks! I feel like I've turned a corner. Perhaps it's a slow corner, but whatever. I did see I came across 1 mile at 6:49. It was literally 1.5 into a 23 mph headwind and 23 mph back w/it at your back.

https://www.runtothefinish.com/tips-for-running-in-the-wind/

I was googling around trying to figure out how much each way helped or hurt. If the link is right it cost 90 seconds on the way there...not sure the help on the way back....pretty sure it wasn't a wash...

https://www.runnersforum.co.uk/threads/the-impact-of-wind-on-performance.36792/

I'm thinking I could have done 21:30....but that's all hypothetical....

There is a run on the sand tomorrow...1.5 sand into a headwind and back 1.5 w/a tailwind.... I haven't registered for it, but I was thinking about it. I've never run on the sand in a race.

Title: Re: 23 mph headwind out and back 5k race this morning
Post by: Fast Eddie on November 06, 2021, 02:39:21 PM

Great headwind 5K time.  :)

At least the race didn't get cancelled, like the Savannah Marathon (though the half went on).

Title: Re: 23 mph headwind out and back 5k race this morning
Post by: Loco Coyote on November 08, 2021, 07:57:38 AM

That's brutal. Good work on a tough day.