May Day 10 – Pace Challenge – 2nd/3rd May

27 April 2020 - By Scott Darney

Due to the cancellation of the May Day 10 which was due to be held on Sunday 3rd May, we have decided to hold a 10 mile event for our members on the same weekend with a difference.

Over the weekend of Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd of May we are challenging you to run 10 miles at a pace chosen by you to see how accurate you can mantain that pace throughout the 10 miles.

For instance, if you choose 8mm you will aim to run each mile in 8 minutes and finish with a time of 1:20:00.

You will accrue penalty points for each second you are over or under pace for each individual mile and penalty points for each second you are over or under your goal finish time.  Lowest points wins.

It really is very simple; you just need to try and stick to your designated pace for the full 10 miles and James Blackshaw has kindly offered to do the maths to calculate who the winner is.

To enter the pace competition, please submit your name and target pace in the data fields at the bottom of this post.

You will then need to record your run on your watch or recording device and share your workout with us on strava.  Please make sure you share your run in Miles and not Km.  If you need help with this we can help you nearer the time, it’s very straight forward.

We obviously can’t run this as a blind pacing event as you will need to submit your time and distance. So you will need to use your watch but please don’t sprint or walk the last setion of each mile to try and hit your goal pace, if you are slow or fast then adjust youre next mile accordingly and remember: you are only cheatinh yourself! This is a worthwhile pacing exercise as well as a little but of fun.

This is not a race and it does not necessarily favour the faster runners as they are not always better at pacing!

Good luck.

Scott

 

 

Entries

Everyone’s entries will appear here:

Adam Regan – 8:45 min/miles

Amanda Martin – 10:45 min/miles

Andrew Smith – 7:30 min/miles

Andy Notley – 9:00 min/miles

Andy Watson – 8:15 min/miles

Angela Wray – 9:30 min/miles

Anita Grainger – 9:30 min/miles

Anthony Smith – 9:45 min/miles

Bethany Shippey – 10:45 min/miles

Bijay Lama – 8:00 min/miles

Bill Smythe – 8:15 min/miles

Charlie Pridmore – 6:30 min/miles

Chris Martin – 7:00 min/miles

Clive Smith – 7:45 min/miles

Colin Albert Short – 10:00 min/miles

Daniel Griffiths – 8:30 min/miles

Dean Whittaker – 8:30 min/miles

Elizabeth Prior – 9:15 min/miles

Gerry Greenwold – 9:15 min/miles

Giles Sowerby – 6:30 min/miles

Giles Sowerby – 7:00 min/miles

Graham Eyre – 9:15 min/miles

Haydeh Safavi – 10:00 min/miles

Heydon mizon – 7:00 min/miles

James Attenborough – 9:30 min/miles

James Crisp – 7:45 min/miles

James Douglas – 7:45 min/miles

James Douglas – 8:00 min/miles

Jason Lilley – 9:00 min/miles

Jenny Layley – 10:00 min/miles

Jo Smythe – 11:15 min/miles

Jodee Mayer – 12:00 min/miles

Jordan Barker – 8:30 min/miles

Karen Flowers – 10:15 min/miles

Kerry Townsend – 11:00 min/miles

Kevin Slattery – 9:15 min/miles

Kevin Slattery – 10:30 min/miles

Leanne Andrews – 10:15 min/miles

Lisa Leader – 9:45 min/miles

Lisa Leader – 10:00 min/miles

Liz Stuckey – 8:30 min/miles

Mark Austin – 8:15 min/miles

Nicholas Looby – 10:00 min/miles

Owen Dare – 7:15 min/miles

Paul English – 7:45 min/miles

Rebecca Booty – 9:15 min/miles

Rebecca Richards – 10:30 min/miles

Rebecca Richards – 9:00 min/miles

Sarah Naughton – 10:00 min/miles

Scott Darney – 6:45 min/miles

Simon Cresswell – 8:45 min/miles

Simon Scott – 8:30 min/miles

Stephen Sawyer – 6:15 min/miles

Sue Shippey – 10:45 min/miles

Tim Woulfe – 6:00 min/miles

Tom Ashley – 8:30 min/miles