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Goring Hangover 5

Decided to do this race at the last minute - probably wounld have been better if I hadn't done a hard run the day before.

I had no idea about the course before the race, other than it was off-road. It started off with a lap of the playing fields and I worked my way through the field from about 10th to 4th as we left the playing fields. I went through the first mile in just over 6 minutes and I was feeling fine, although my legs were a little tired. We followed a track and began our climb up onto the South Downs. I picked up another place to be lying in 3rd and I was starting to think about winning a prize. The path was rutted and I was finding my footing difficult. The path continued to climb and climb and it was quite steep in parts. I started to slow and my legs were turning to jelly by the top. I was passed by one runner on the way up and another two just before the top (where they had St. Johns Ambulance on standby!). I was glad we'd stopped climbing and I was able to use the flatter sections of the course on the South Down to recover. We cut through a golf course and then began our decsent back to the start. I could hear someone behind me but I didn't want to turn round in case it gave him any encouragement. I made a decision on the steepest downhill section to push the pace to try and open up a gap which would hopefully be large enough to see me to the finish. This seemed to work as he never got close enough to me to challenge me and I finally finished in 6th, alhough the results say 7th, but both Carolyn and myself only counted 5 in front of me.

6th out of 285

Split Summary

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1) - 1m - 6:14(6:14/m) - 180bpm avge - 186bpm max - 134cal

2) - 1m - 7:13(7:13/m) - 185bpm avge - 187bpm max - 138cal

3) - 1m - 7:42(7:42/m) - 182bpm avge - 188bpm max - 134cal

4) - 1m - 5:35(5:35/m) - 181bpm avge - 185bpm max - 136cal

5) - 1m - 6:05(6:05/m) - 185bpm avge - 190bpm max - 135cal

6) - 0.06m - 17(4:47/m) - 187bpm avge - 188bpm max - 8cal

Heart Rate Zone Summary

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HR Zone: 43-151bpm (Sub 70%): Infinity%

HR Zone: 151-159bpm (71-75%): Infinity%

HR Zone: 159-166bpm (76-80%): Infinity%

Pace Zone Summary

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Pace Zone: 6:20-6:39/mile: 1.6%

Pace Zone: 6:40-6:59/mile: 3.2%

Pace Zone: 7:00-7:19/mile: 6.7%

Pace Zone: 7:20-7:39/mile: 11.1%

Pace Zone: 7:40-7:59/mile: 13.5%

Pace Zone: 8:00-8:19/mile: 13.1%

Pace Zone: 8:20-8:39/mile: 11.9%

Pace Zone: 8:40-8:59/mile: 9.1%

Pace Zone: 9:00-9:19/mile: 6.6%

Pace Zone: 9:20-9:39/mile: 4.5%

Pace Zone: 9:40-9:59/mile: 3.2%

Pace Zone: 10:00-10:19/mile: 2.5%

Pace Zone: 10:20-10:39/mile: 1.7%

Pace Zone: 10:40-10:59/mile: 1.1%

Pace Zone: 11:00-11:19/mile: 1.2%