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Bristol 10k

Initially this had been my focus for the early part of the year, but this changed when I decided to do the Chester Marathon. As a consequence I hadn't done as much speed work as I would have, but I was still confident of beating my PB (37.14).

In the week leading up to the race my left calf (soleus muscle) was quite sore, but a massage on the Friday eased it off quite a bit.

I started pretty near the front and although a was comfortable I was surprised to go through the first mile in 5.25 and had visions of blowing up and slowing for each mile when the second mile was 5.45. Fortunately I was able to maintain the pace nicely and got a got boost after the turn on the Portway when the road felt a little downhill. I was very pleased to go through halfway in a 5k PB (both halves were 17.40). I felt strong to the end and managed to pick up a place in the run in to the finish.

A new PB by almost 2 minutes!!!

87 out of 8595

Split Summary

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1) - 1m - 5:26(5:26/m) - 175bpm avge - 186bpm max - 133cal

2) - 1m - 5:45(5:45/m) - 181bpm avge - 184bpm max - 136cal

3) - 1m - 5:44(5:44/m) - 183bpm avge - 187bpm max - 135cal

4) - 1m - 5:38(5:38/m) - 182bpm avge - 186bpm max - 134cal

5) - 1m - 5:43(5:43/m) - 184bpm avge - 187bpm max - 136cal

6) - 1m - 5:38(5:38/m) - 185bpm avge - 188bpm max - 135cal

7) - 0.28m - 1:25(5:04/m) - 187bpm avge - 190bpm max - 35cal

Heart Rate Zone Summary

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HR Zone: 43-151bpm (Sub 70%): 0.8%

HR Zone: 151-159bpm (71-75%): 0.1%

HR Zone: 159-166bpm (76-80%): 0.1%

HR Zone: 166-174bpm (81-85%): 1.7%

HR Zone: 174-182bpm (86-90%): 31.4%

HR Zone: 182-189bpm (91-95%): 65.9%

HR Zone: 189-197bpm (96-100%): 0%

Pace Zone Summary

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Pace Zone: 4:00-4:19/mile: 1.4%

Pace Zone: 4:20-4:39/mile: 3%

Pace Zone: 4:40-4:59/mile: 6.5%

Pace Zone: 5:00-5:19/mile: 14.8%

Pace Zone: 5:20-5:39/mile: 20.9%

Pace Zone: 5:40-5:59/mile: 23%

Pace Zone: 6:00-6:19/mile: 13.5%

Pace Zone: 6:20-6:39/mile: 7.7%

Pace Zone: 6:40-6:59/mile: 3.4%

Pace Zone: 7:00-7:19/mile: 2.3%

Pace Zone: 7:20-7:39/mile: 1.1%