Category: marathon

  • Don’t trust a pace group #running

    I have observed a pace group divide: accuracy decreases with target time increase. The pace groups that approach 3 hours come closer than the pace groups that approach four hours and beyond. I have witnessed a 4:15 pace group come in close to 4:30, while the 3:10 pace group was pretty much dead on. I…

  • Hatfield-McCoy vs Flying Monkey

    What do these have in common? Hatfield-McCoy Flying Monkey This weekend’s long run in which I bonked from mile 12 on.

  • My Hatfield-McCoy placement:

    Field Placement: 108 / 210 (51.4%)Age group: 30 – 34Group Placement: 9 / 12 (75%)Gender Placement: 82 / 142 (57.7%) I refuse to take this lying down, standing up, or anything in between. I haven’t finished in the bottom half of the field since September ’06 (15k, 2nd race), 3 months after I ran my…