One Long Twitten: Steel City Half

[OutAlongTheRiver]

OK - so the timing plan to get round in 2 hours if we can is below.

Tricky bit is how to calculate the impact of the long 4% hills ...

Best online advice I can see is here: which suggests adding c 40s per km for 3.5% incline

So if we are aiming for 5:30 pace overall (which would be 1hr56m), then that means say 6:15 on the uphill. That seems not unreasonable given the stats for climb at start of Moyleman which average just under 4% - but across a downland/rocky surface which adds time too

So going for 5:30 on opening flat; 6:15 on climb; 5:15 on downhill; 5:30 on closing flat section

- opening 3km: flat route from centre out to Hunters Bar: by 15m30s
- next 2km:  up hill to bottom of Knowle Lane (90m climb):  by 26m30s
- next 3.5km: long up hill stretch up Ringinglow Road (135m climb): by 48m30s
- next 2km: undulating route to end of Sheephill road: by 59mins
-  next 3km:  to turn in Dore Village: by 1hr 14mins
- next 4km: to bottom of Knowle Lane: by 1hr 34 mins
- final 4km: to finish in Pinstone Street: by 1 hr 59 mins

So I will definitely need to write these down and carry a card (anyone got a laminator?)

We shall see how this goes ...