This was my first attempt at pacemaking, it seemed like a good idea at the time and so it proved to be.
I like doing Park Runs, Kathryn has taken up running of a longer distance variety so I can keep her company and also I treat it as endurance training for the track, rather than train for Park run or anything longer.
I’ve recently swapped from Strava app on Apple watch to the Apple workout app. I find the watch interface much better – still love Strava site generally though. I would really have little idea of how to control my pace without this.
It was definitely a bit hard to hold my pace back to the target 5:35 / km to match my 28 minute bib. But I managed to get into the rhythm pretty quickly with the watch nagging away at me. I also made an effort to even my pace out a bit more than usual – I’m typically sluggish up the hills but can fly downhill with no effort. It’s quite hilly at Gadebridge Park and I suddenly found myself falling behind on the steep uphill around the 4th kilometre. But with the trusty tech I was able to pick it up for the last km and was very happy to cross the line in 27:57 on the watch – not bad for a first time 🙂 Though I was soon put in my place by two club mates Katy who finished in 25:58 (26 min bib) and Matt who finished in 24.0 (you guessed it 24 min bib).
Kathryn also had her first go at and finished in a good time of 39:35 (40 min bib).
Will happily do that again.
