A few weeks ago Alex Wijsman recommended the "Roetersrun", a 5 K run in the centre of Amsterdam organised by the University of Amsterdam. Of course I said yes but didn't realise that this was so short after the Rotterdam Marathon.
But obstinate as I am I had the idea to go for a sub 20 minutes which is possible, but not just after the marathon.
Alex, Cisca and I travelled to the start where we did our usual warming-up, drinking coffee and after that we went to the startline. The course exists of one small lap ( 500 meters) followed by 4 bigger laps from about 1100 meters. Alex decided this time to run instead of racewalking.
Just shortly after the start in good weather conditions my body was complaining and I realised that I could not go for my ambition and I was wise enough ( for the first time in my life ;-) to slow down and not to blew up. I slowed down the pace and joined Alex who was doing very well.
With only one lap to go I told Alex that it was possible to improve his last year time, he was surprised that I knew his time because he didn't. For those who don't know : I'm a statistic freak ! Finally we finished in 23:39 and Alex improved his last years time with 17 seconds.
My GPS told me that this run was 5.5 K, which is 10 % more in distance. I don't like that at all and will go back tomorrow again to measure the course with my bike !
Cheers
Martijn
1 comments:
My G.P.S watch informed me that I'd walked 52k in the 50k in Tilburg last year, and about 10,200in a 10k race in the Spring.
Now even allowing for me to be drunk and wander slightly off racing line, there was no way I walked an extra 2k, so I would conclude that either G.P.S. watches are inaccurate or they may need resetting every now and then.
By the way, if anyone knows how to reset a 'Garmin,' please let me know.
Grazy Mike
P.S. I know you're a grazy statistical nutcase. Only you would go and re-measure the course!
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