ATB Results

Summary: The best execution of the worst fitness possible.

The stats:

Time: 2:30:12.4

Chip: 2:28:48.9

Pace: 5:01

Category:  M35-39

Category Place: 113/412

Gender Place: 700/2963 

@10kmSplit : 51:03
@15kmSplit : 1:15:59
@20km : 1:40:39

I kept to the plan pretty closely, though I was faster in the opening 7km, by the time the race had started, I had revised the plan for the first 7k to be 5:15-ish, I think was around 5:08. I had to constantly force myself to slow down here ... going backwards through the field, hating every second of it.

Middle 16 were just under 5 (4:56, I think). Slowly moving up through the field, but no great advances. Holding back, but not as hard.

KM 20 signals the start of the rolling hills, I wasn't sure if I could hold my 4:45 plan, but I managed 4:46 for the last 7k. I made some serious advances here, especially on the downhills when I could let my legs go.

I negative on the overall split (even would have been 1:32:00), so mission accomplished there.

Next year, I'm going to get a silver medal (2 hrs to 2:15).