I did a 5k this morning, my first of the year just to assess where my running is at. Unfortunately, it turned out to be the hilliest one I've done yet which makes the assessment difficult to do.
I was nearly 1 min slower than a flat 5k I did at this point last year. However, this race had about 300 feet of descending/climbing. You start at the top of the hill, do a couple loops down to the bottom and then finish all the way back at the top. Doesn't seem like much but it was a pretty steep hill.
Any idea what that type of course might do to an average pace?
I was nearly 1 min slower than a flat 5k I did at this point last year. However, this race had about 300 feet of descending/climbing. You start at the top of the hill, do a couple loops down to the bottom and then finish all the way back at the top. Doesn't seem like much but it was a pretty steep hill.
Any idea what that type of course might do to an average pace?