FVS MWL 10k - 14th May

I have managed to find out the route of this first MWL fixture. It’s a new 10k route by the look of it and parts of the course may be familiar to you from other races. The race starts quite near the start for the 2008FVS 5k series, but proceeds in the opposite direction. The finish is near the start/finish for the FVS 3k Relays. Here is a link to mapmyrun for more details.

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This elevation profile comes from MapMyRun. I have run 'round the cousre myself and it feels pretty much how it looks! The Statto hill-score is 8.35, similar in fact to last year's FVS MWL 10k. For what it's worth, my Garmin FR405 measured the course as 10.02 km. For anyone who did Fliwick 10k, I would suggest that, given same level of performance, you might expect to run about 30-40s faster on 14/5.

To use football parlance, it's very much a game of two halves. The first 5k gets a hill score of (minus) 3.54. The second 5k (incl 4km all up through Fairlands Valley Park) scores 20.20. I don't know if this will be an officially certificated 10k, but if looks to be pretty accurate. Please note that, for the purposes of World Records, NHRR Club Records/Awards etc, only races with valid certificates of course accuracy count!

Anyway, I don't know about you, but I can't wait for the first MWL race. For any first-timers reading this - take it from Statto - the Midweek League is great fun, so don't miss out!! As the League unfolds, you can keep up to date with the results from both Div1 and Div2 here