I want my PR
Ok, so for those that don’t know me, I’m kind of competitive and intense. It’s been eating at me that I wasn’t able to get my sub-50 like I had intended at this weekend’s Jog for a Cause 10k. As more and more reviews trickle in, I realize that I’m not the only one who thought the course was a bit long. It turns out that almost everyone who was measuring with a GPS device had it at 6.4+ miles. That got me thinking… Was I really feeling bad that morning or was it just an excuse after the race to justify missing my goal? Without the added distance could I have made my sub-50 goal? I decided to dig a bit deeper. Why? Because I’m annoying like that.
10 kilometers = 6.2137 miles
Here are my splits:
- Mile 1 – 7:41
- Mile 2 – 8:02
- Mile 3 – 8:03
- Mile 4 – 8:05
- Mile 5 – 8:14
- Mile 6 – 8:07
- Remaining .45 – 3:26 (206 seconds)
Total time of 51:38
Adding up the first 6 miles, I’m at 48:12. I’ve got 1:47 to spare to get under 50…
So, if a regulation 10k is 6.2137 miles, then let’s take a percentage of the remaining distance to figure out what kind of time I could have had. .2137/.45 = 47.49%
47.49% of 206 seconds is 98 seconds or 1:38.
48:12 + 1:38 = 49:50. I want my dang PR. :)
Do you feel better now?
Not really, but that was fun getting all nerdy with the math.
Yeah, I liked it!
You guys need to keep the nerdy talk to yourselves…
I agree with you Tony- that would piss me off too!
It’s hard to argue with that logic…I would be pissed too and done the math…
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