BBQ Stakes 6km Two Person Relay : Planning, Training and Result
This week Helen and I planned, trained on course and executed our two person relay strategy to the best of our ability in this very low key event. It's more famous for pizza, beer and chatting post-event.
The scenario: Two people run in relay fashion without watches on the regular BBQ Stakes course, currently at 6.1km. Course is on bike part start and finish with a long, hilly and testing XC section in the middle. I was to run the first section, mostly up and not quite to the highest point of the course. Helen ran the second part, mostly down but still with some testing climbs at pace.
The training: We have a recent baseline for both of us at the weekly events but no stats for each sector. I ran two maximum threshold runs in training on the first sector of 3.1km. Helen ran two maximum threshold runs in training on the second sector of 3km. Based on the times we nominated our total time of 25:30 which would be close to our best potential time.
The weather for the relay was warm with a tail wind on sector 1 and headwind on sector 2.
In the relay we were declared the winners, closest to our predicted time. My split of 10:51 was quicker than I had anticipated due to tail wind. Helen's time was slightly slower than anticipated due to head wind.
This is our prize:-)
The scenario: Two people run in relay fashion without watches on the regular BBQ Stakes course, currently at 6.1km. Course is on bike part start and finish with a long, hilly and testing XC section in the middle. I was to run the first section, mostly up and not quite to the highest point of the course. Helen ran the second part, mostly down but still with some testing climbs at pace.
The training: We have a recent baseline for both of us at the weekly events but no stats for each sector. I ran two maximum threshold runs in training on the first sector of 3.1km. Helen ran two maximum threshold runs in training on the second sector of 3km. Based on the times we nominated our total time of 25:30 which would be close to our best potential time.
The weather for the relay was warm with a tail wind on sector 1 and headwind on sector 2.
In the relay we were declared the winners, closest to our predicted time. My split of 10:51 was quicker than I had anticipated due to tail wind. Helen's time was slightly slower than anticipated due to head wind.
This is our prize:-)
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