HUHM 10k race report

[SkiMonday]

Right, race report! To help me along, I’ve compiled my own 170 bpm playlist. My aim was to complete the 10k in under an hour, starting off at around 5:50/km and pushing it towards the end.

As usual, my starting off easy didn’t go too well, completing the first 1k in 5:21. In my defence, it is mostly downhill and I didn’t get up to the average heart rate for the run until the 2nd km. Towards the end of the 2nd km, there’s a river valley, my pace peaked on the way down and I came up the other side reasonably quick. I then managed to settle in to a steadier pace although my slowest split was 5:41.

I aimed to put in some extra effort for the last 1k however, that includes crossing the river valley again with the climb back out; still, I completed it at a smidgeon faster than my average pace. By the end, I felt like I didn’t have much effort left so I think that I’d, somehow, managed to pace it about right.

If I ignore the first 1k, the last 5 splits were faster than the first so I’m almost getting negative splits.

I’m sure the playlist helped, with some of the tracks, I seemed to gain speed without having to put in extra effort, felt like I was almost flying along! If you’ve access to Deezer, you might be able to find it by searching for “09_Run_170BPM” maybe I should just point out that it’s not exactly easy listening!

Couldn’t get the RunGo list to work: the app complained that it couldn’t access the server. Ended up reading all the prompts before I started (maybe that’s why I started off too fast!) I’ll have another go for the HM.

As usual, I ran past the target distance to ensure that Strava recognises the full distance. VeloViewer shows my 10K time as 54:33 which is a new PR for me!

[Tasha99 Marathon]

Oh wow! I’d love a Pb of that time! I haven’t don’t a 10k timed for nearly 2 years and I was 58:37 I think. Huge well done! You must be so proud. I’ve never tried a cadence song 🤔

[SkiMonday Ultramarathon in reply to Tasha99]

Cheers Tasha. Reckon I kept in step with the tracks until the last 30 seconds or so when I just didn't have the energy.

[Windoze Half Marathon]

Whoop! PB celebrations 🍾 🤗🤗🥳🥳

[cheekychipmunks Half Marathon]

Awesome run SkiMonday ! Amazing time, well done. 😀🎉💥🏃‍♂️

[misswobble Marathon]

Well done! A personal record as well. Result! 😃💪👍 ✊

[AlMorr Half Marathon]

Congratulations SkiMonday on that 54.33 10K PB, great time and run for you. 😊 🏃🏾

[Stephen_UK Half Marathon]

Well done, SM. Really impressive that you speeded up in the second half.

[Cowladyrunning Marathon]

Super speedy! Well done! I find I run to the song rhythm and have used spotify playlists for certain speeds. How do you find out which songs have the right bpm?

[SkiMonday Ultramarathon in reply to Cowladyrunning]

Cheers!

Putting the playlist together was a bit laborious. I’ve downloaded an app called “BPM counter”, I decided on a target of 170 +/- 5 BPM then worked my way through my favourites on Deezer. The app has a button that you tap to the rhythm and shows the BPM. I just added tracks that fitted to my 170 BPM playlist. There are some that are bang on (e.g. “Runnin’ Down A Dream” from Tom Petty and “Asche zu Asche” from Rammstein). There are others like “Heaven Knows” from The Pretty Reckless that only go at half the rate but I found it’s easy enough to synch every other step to these. I included “Communication Breakdown” by Zeppelin but I found that the time signature varied too much so I probably won’t use that again.

[Cowladyrunning Marathon in reply to SkiMonday]

Ok thank you, I will have a look. I do like picking my own tunes 😊 though I'm always open to new music ideas.

[CBDB]

Big congrats! 🎉🎊🍾🥳 Shame the RunGo App didn’t work but it didn’t hold you back! Nice!

[Katnap Marathon]

Congrats on the PB! Strava has been acting a bit odd with some updates as there have been some widely shared tricksters who have been pausing and restarting to appear better than they really are.🐱 Katnap 🐱

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon]

Wow! That's a magnificent run!!! Music really influences my pace, it's impossible to resist the beat 😀 Better luck with RunGo for the HM - and good luck getting the legs recovered in time for the HM 😅

[SkiMonday Ultramarathon in reply to linda9389]

Thanks Linda. I'm planning on taking a break this week so I'll be better prepared on Friday. Also intend to re-use the same playlist.

Although I'd increased cadence, MapMyFitness still complained that it was too low because the faster pace raised the target cadence.

I seem to have fixed the RunGo problem by clearing its cache.

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to SkiMonday]

Interesting point about RunGo. Fingers crossed. Have a great HM!

[Lazyfrog Half Marathon]

Amazing time! Congrats 🎉🎉🎉😊

[Joster Half Marathon]

Well done to you! Great run.