Re: Five Weeks Rest (408 Views)
Posted by:
beyerguy (IP Logged)
Date: April 04, 2005 01:16PM
HP wrote:
"He could've run a "faster final time" by
running "slightly slower fractions?" How could he do that?
The more I get into this with you the more I realize that you
just don't know what you're talking about."
OK HP, of course, I don't know what kind of shape you are in. I'm in OK shape for a soon to be 38 year old guy. I can run 2 miles running 1:30 1/4s to finish in 12 minutes.
I can also run under 1:00 for 1/4 pretty easily if that's all I'm going to run. However, if I run that 1:00 for the first lap, there is no way I will run a faster than that 12:00 for the 2 miles, and almost certain I will run slower, and quite a bit slower. And guess what, it has nothing to do with whether I'm running in front of the pack or behind the pack, or even in the middle.
Of course, I'm not a horse, and this example is pretty extreme. But, it holds in horse racing as well. You just have to know what "extreme" is as far as the pace goes.