tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115955661375211752.post8475982573655441738..comments2024-03-28T07:20:07.550+00:00Comments on UltraStu - Millsy's Memories and Mutterings about Trail Running: Endurancelife Dorset Coastal Trail Marathon - Race Report - Self Expectations Influence PerformanceUltraStuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16637489358497153536noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115955661375211752.post-16287942476208332932015-09-30T09:22:16.720+01:002015-09-30T09:22:16.720+01:00Hello Friend
International Moving From Dorset-With...Hello Friend<br /><a href="http://www.leatherbarrows.com/about-us/" rel="nofollow">International Moving From Dorset</a>-With 45 years of personal experience and 25 years of owning and running Leatherbarrows, we are a friendly, family business that prides itself in giving personal.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12579119162722567643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115955661375211752.post-27450004125656074892011-12-18T21:41:10.781+00:002011-12-18T21:41:10.781+00:00Hi Ian, Mike, Martin, Alex and Tom
Thanks for the...Hi Ian, Mike, Martin, Alex and Tom<br /><br />Thanks for the above comments. Yes Mike, things have moved on since my cycling days back in Dunedin. I'll zap you an e-mail.<br /><br />Yes, I seem to have started a bit of a debate here regarding pacing strategy. Rather than expanding on my pacing ideas here, I have just posted an entire blog about it, and yes, as usual it tends to go on a bit. So thanks for the feedback and prompting me to investigate deeper why I have my views on negative splits. Hopefully you will have the spare moment or 20 to have a read. I would welcome any further comments you may have.<br /><br />To Martin and Tom, keep up the great stuff on MarathonTalk. I just loved Steve Jones's approach. No watch, no doubts, just went out hard from the start for a 2:07 marathon, Still a British record over 25 years later, and nowhere near close to achieving a negative split!<br /><br />StuartUltraStuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16637489358497153536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115955661375211752.post-48349012930681617202011-12-16T00:50:37.537+00:002011-12-16T00:50:37.537+00:00Great writing Stu, I really love your thoughts on ...Great writing Stu, I really love your thoughts on RFE and mental application during endurance events. I do really really believe that a large amount of what we achieve is governed by our mental state and how we see ourselves. Ironman taught me a lot about opening my mind to what might be possible when we throw away the self imposed limitations of our mind. <br /><br />I will certainly consider your thoughts on the negative split theory... although at the moment I do still think that the way to achieve your best time for a course is through an even 'power output' from beginning to end. It is of couse impossible to measure power output when running, and a super hilly ultra over varying terrain makes it impossible to even guess what your running power would have been. From my own personal experience though I have always found the negative split to work, for example...<br /><br />In 2008 I PB'd over half marathon having absolutely gunned it from the start (similar to how you would recommend racing). Crossing the finish line in 80 minutes I was completely spent, dry retching, and cramping... my face had been like yours in the above photo from pretty early on. Three months later I lined up at the London Marathon with a PB of 2:57, going through half way in 1:25 feeling strong with an RPE of around 7-8/10 I pushed on to a second half in 1.24 and a new marathon PB of 2:49. Now, my point is, based on my experiences over the half earlier in the year I would have thought that a faster first 13.1 in London would have left me unable to get even close to 2:49 at the finish. I would estimate that for every minute faster at half way I would have lost at least two in the second half.<br /><br />It's a very difficult question to answer... I guess the best way would be to find a course that you could run week after week and then experiment with different pacing strategies over the early miles? My money's still on the even / negative split but I'd be delighted to be proved wrong.<br /><br />My quote for the day... "I'd rather know I was wrong than think I was right" ;)<br /><br />Thanks for supporting the show,<br /><br />T<br /><br />P.S. Seventeen minutes for 5K "based on my current physical preparation" ? You're a worse sandbagger than Martin ;) LOLTom Williamshttp://www.marathontalk.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115955661375211752.post-19345192682242520582011-12-13T22:30:25.764+00:002011-12-13T22:30:25.764+00:00Great to read your post. Have read it before but t...Great to read your post. Have read it before but the marathon talk podcast reminded me to look again. I love debate about performance and like that you have got a good bit of banter with Martin yelling too!Alex Gillespiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02000196245800138653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115955661375211752.post-80003252374149688652011-12-13T21:55:19.509+00:002011-12-13T21:55:19.509+00:00Wow. Long post Stu but worth the read. My decision...Wow. Long post Stu but worth the read. My decision to 'not see myself' as an elite athlete is very much a choice based decision. It's not that I don't think I could still perform well but that I have no desire to strive towards previously attained heights. My motivation now comes from participation and personal challenge and isn't about racing or results. Negative split stuff - hmmm- when we are talking largely to mass participation runners even splits work. Even at the top level elite splits are quite similar for the best runs. Anyway, good to meet you and keep running well.Martin Yellingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115955661375211752.post-80786251461506723752011-12-12T06:14:33.874+00:002011-12-12T06:14:33.874+00:00Outstanding Stu, and fascinating. Come a long way ...Outstanding Stu, and fascinating. Come a long way since Dunedin days! Email me sometime mike.griffiths@elim.org.nz.<br />And congrats on a great win.Mike Griffithsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115955661375211752.post-76975586344298365962011-12-12T01:15:31.893+00:002011-12-12T01:15:31.893+00:00fascinating read as usual. love your racing approa...fascinating read as usual. love your racing approach. fearlessIan Gallagherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05981033280823716959noreply@blogger.com