My First 10k! Tips?

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  • trswallow
    trswallow Posts: 116 Member
    BruinsGal_91 wrote: »
    yirara wrote: »
    Thanks a lot trswallow :smile: The start is about 7 minutes stiff walking from my flat, thus that's already part of my warmup I guess.

    My thigh is fine again at least. Can't wait. Now I'm mainly hoping that the weather will be ok. It's been literally raining and storming for three months straight now with just a few ok-ish weather days inbetween. At the moment it looks like storm and rain *sigh*

    Btw, does anyone know how those electronic time strips work? It's attached to my starting number. Does it start tracking the time once I cross a certain line, does it start tracking at a certain time, or does it only record the finish time? Asking because when I'm starting at the back of 700 people my run will be a bit longer and I would really like to get a time for 10k.

    Oh, I also signed up for a 10 mile race two weeks later just for the sake of it. I'm not sure I'll be able to run that far, but it's got no cutoff time and worst case I'll walk the rest. Just curious how I'll do.

    It starts tracking when you cross the start line and stops tracking when you cross the finish line. So don't worry if you're at the back, you will still get a definite 10k time.

    Most larger events will have a timing strip at the start line, you will get a time from the start line to the finish line. You also usually will get a gun time, which is the time from when the starter pistol/horn goes off until you cross the finish line. For smaller events, sometimes they only have the strip at the finish line, in which case you will only get a gun time. Some events will also have strips out on the course so you might also get a split time.
  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 9,944 Member
    Thanks a lot, both of you. Basically I know now how those things work in general, but still don't know what will happen at this event. I guess I'll just ask around to see how this is done.
  • BruinsGal_91
    BruinsGal_91 Posts: 1,400 Member
    For my first half marathon, every runner was given an ankle bracelet which picked up when you crossed the start and finish lines, and you had to return this after the race. I was so knackered, I couldn't even bend down to remove the darn thing and one of the race officials had to take it off for me.
  • beemerphile1
    beemerphile1 Posts: 1,710 Member
    The day before or day of a race is not the time to try something new. Do whatever you do before training runs.

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