Alterna Do it for Dad 10km – 19th June 2011
After my marathon debut I decided to move my focus to the 5km and 10km distances. I had run the Alterna Do it for Dad 10km last year and found it well organized and fun so I signed up again and decided to try for a personal best (sub 49:22) with a whisper goal of going under 47 minutes.
This year the race seemed to be much more popular, I had to park my car in a lot a bit further away from the start than last year, and there definitely seemed to be a lot more people milling around before the races.
The sun was out and it was nice and warm as I put myself through my warm up jog, I felt a bit of stiffness in my left hamstring, probably as a result of a soccer game I had played 2 days earlier, but otherwise I felt in really good shape despite having barely run since the marathon.
The race got off to a late start and I was a bit thrown off after standing in the start/finish area for 15-20 minutes, I forgot to start my Garmin and only realized 150 meters in, so the Garmin splits mentioned below may be slightly off. It wasn’t a problem for me as I just used the “lap pace” screen to keep myself at around the 4:40 mins/km that would see me home in under 47 minutes.
I got off to a bit of a slow start as a lot of walkers seeded themselves too near the front and I had to navigate around them, but once I got going I was thankful for it as my hamstring eased up and I sped up and got to the pace I wanted and felt comfortable there. The first 2.5kms were into a slight breeze and slightly uphill so I decided to stay in a comfortable zone and then speed up slightly on the slight downhill back towards the start finish, clocking 23:17 for the first 5kms.
Splits:
1km – 4:49
2km – 4:38
3km – 4:39
4km – 4:37
5km – 4:34 – 23:17 at halfway point
Having run this race last year, I knew what was to come, a longish uphill stretch that would seem to go on for ever before the turnaround point at 7.5kms at Hog’s Back. I decided to ease off the pace just it a bit and then use the downhill stretch from 7.5km to 10km to run hard to the finish. This strategy turned out to be a good one as it was pretty crowded on the course at this point as the 5km walkers (that were set off in the opposite direction) were all bunched up and although most of them kept way over to the side, a few didn’t realize runners were coming through so a little zig-zagging was necessary. I was wary of speeding up too soon so I held on until about 1km to the end, and then started to up the pace and run as hard as I could. I passed a bunch of runners in the last 500 meters, and a couple in the finishing straight. One runner responded to me as I came up level with me and we sprinted all out to the finish with him pipping me by 3 tenths, but I was glad he responded as it helped me finish a lot faster than I would have had he not forced me to sprint to the limit.
I was so focused on the sprint off that I didn’t even see the clock, I knew my Garmin was wrong so I had a bit of a wait until they posted the results. Final time, 46:26; a new personal best by just under 3 minutes. 26th out of 107 in my age bracket.
6km – 4:48
7km – 4:47
8km – 4:41
9km – 4:34
10km – 4:20 – 23:10 for the second half and a 7 second negative split.
I am really pleased with the result as I felt I ran a smart race and stuck to the plan really well. Next up is to try and beat my 5km PB at the Bushtukah Canada Day road race to get a full sweep of PBs for the year! (…and then maybe try another 8km race, and a ten miler).
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PBs
5th Sep 2015 - Run Ottawa free 5km - 21:05
21st Jun 2015 - UR 4 Men's Cancers 10km - 45:45
16th Jun 2013 - UR 4 Men's Cancers 15km - 1:11:44
16th Apr 2016 - MEC 10 miler - 1:20:21
12th Apr 2015 - EY R4R Half Marathon - 1:41:15
26th May 2013 - Ottawa Marathon - 3:43:51
2017 races - coming up
7th May - Defi Entreprise 10km
28th May - Ottawa Half Marathon
17th Sep - Army Run Half Marathon
5th Sep 2015 - Run Ottawa free 5km - 21:05
21st Jun 2015 - UR 4 Men's Cancers 10km - 45:45
16th Jun 2013 - UR 4 Men's Cancers 15km - 1:11:44
16th Apr 2016 - MEC 10 miler - 1:20:21
12th Apr 2015 - EY R4R Half Marathon - 1:41:15
26th May 2013 - Ottawa Marathon - 3:43:51
2017 races - coming up
7th May - Defi Entreprise 10km
28th May - Ottawa Half Marathon
17th Sep - Army Run Half Marathon
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Great report! Those are awesome splits.
It's so nice when it comes together like that so well. Very well-executed race. Congratulations again on a fantastic PB.
It's so nice when it comes together like that so well. Very well-executed race. Congratulations again on a fantastic PB.
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That's super! Having knowledge if the course is a big help and you used it to your advantage. Congrats.
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Fantastic Mark!!
So nice to see all that marathon training helping with the shorter distance PB!
Well done.
So nice to see all that marathon training helping with the shorter distance PB!
Well done.
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Congratulations, Mark .. you are on such a great "run" of breakthrough's this year ...
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yeah!!! PB
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Nicely done! Congrats!
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Nicely done - congrats on the PB!
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Good strategy & excellent time. Well done.
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Re: mas runner does the Di4D 10km race
Wow, speedy dude! Congrats!
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Re: mas runner does the Di4D 10km race
Perfectly executed! Congrats!
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Re: mas runner does the Di4D 10km race
Congrats on a perfectly executed race and a huge PB, Mark!
Re: mas runner does the Di4D 10km race
Congrats on smashing your PB! Sounds like you had a good game plan going in and stuck with it - nice!
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Great result, congratulations!
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