I will go again at weekend. Im looking for a quick and fair route.
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I’m ready to go through a wall after reading that.
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As Fenners said, a quick and fair route. Went down beside the Naval Base to the new park there.
Pros:
- great surface
- 1km around exactly
- markers every 200m
Cons:
- the wind
- walkers
- scooters
But it was a fair route and I did what for me was a good time. Take the R away from my name @caulifloweredneanderthal
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Is there any route on the southside of the city you haven’t tried to get an edge?
I don’t believe so, no.
Inspirational
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Well done, how was the pacing? I would be of the opinion that the fast 1st K stood to you later on but others might feel you could have gone even faster if you paced it evenly, say a 4:50 all the way and all out for the last 400???
I thought I was going grand for the first 1k, felt good and my heart rate confirms that but then I thought I was going too fast so I checked myself, knowing I’d need it on the 3rd and 4th laps (the 5th you just go for it). I would have been of the school of all out at the start and hang on but you have to pace yourself. There was say 300m with the wind and I found myself holding back a bit at around 4:50 pace and taking a breather and then using effort to stay around 5:00 pace into the wind.
I don’t know, got under 25mins, that was the aim. Flaahed now.
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I was nearly going to head out to put in a time but it’s lashing rain.
@caulifloweredneanderthal mark me down for 33 minutes in the Junior B section please.
My unexpected success meant I was late back to work and had to present to senior management on Zoom wearing a sweat stained version of this jersey, with a big red roaster head on me, gasping for breath.
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I have the consolation of knowing I didn’t run downhill the whole way.
#fairroute
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Delighted to hear this mate. Delighted 
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dear god that jersey is an abomination
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im gonna try and crack the 30 before the end of the month.
@caulifloweredneanderthal can you be promoted 2 tiers in a season?
Well done bud - I’d be running for my life in that too
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Fair play kid… 6min pace the next target
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That’s a man of the match performance, superb.
Well done @Fat_Pox, the sub 20 is tantalizingly close
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Great time and a lovely track to do your 5km in. Many about?