2010, January: the road to Molly Malone's

[El Gordo]

Agree with Dan on this; my Almeria effort last January was a case in point. I attacked the first quarter of the race full-on only to find my pace degraded in the latter stages no matter how hard I felt I was pushing. Ladyrunner adopted a more cautious start and passed my before halfway to finish going away.

It does sound like an excellent strategy for shorter races (5k, 10k), which is where it was directed (I think).
As Dan says, it's served G-man well recently.

On a point of order should the title of this thread be 'January: the road to the bar formerly known as Molly Malones'?

It does seem to go against the usual advice of starting slowly. My usual strategy is start very slowly and then reduce the speed. Though I can't really dignify it with the word "strategy" which suggests it's predetermined.

Yes, I can see that it would make more sense with the shorter distances, but for me, even 10K is too long to try to sustain a relatively quick start. I hope that might change a bit as the weight continues to fall, and stamina improves.

Point taken re Molly's, though I don't think I can change a thread title. THe big question is whether they are still dispensing draught Guinness. A Plan B might be necessary.