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This is one of my favorite event events that I sign up for. The course is mainly ran on the bridle trials and only ~5 miles of single track trails. We got quite a nice bag of goodies; SmartWool socks, a extremely loud Brooks nightlife technical shirt, hand towel, Chicken Poop( Lip balm) which my daughter likes, and for those who finish a pint size glass cup.
My main objective was to take it easy, start out much slower, finish better than last year, push forward and keep moving and enjoy the run. Last year I finished in 4:46:29( My first marathon) had to stop several times to stretch my quads and I once stopped sat down against a pine tree someone even asked if I was OK and a guy on a bike came over a gave me a bottle of water. I felt something crawling on my neck and discovered it was a tick. Just shows you that it was rather warm during the 09 race.
Me and Chris arrived at the race too early what the hell were we thinking. We got there at 8:00am stood around by the fire for most of the time and at the last 20 min started to warm up for the race.
Race start: I decided I would get near the back of the pack and take it rather easy. At 9:03 the race was on I just took it easy. I didn't carry a water bottle so I briefly stopped at the most of the aid stations past mile 6 to keep hydrated and to replenish electrolytes. My average pace at 13.3 was 7:44 and this would gradually increase as the race progressed.
At around mile 14 Chris passed me and I said great job. As he continued forward I thought that he'd better reserve some energy on the upcoming hills. My plan was to walk the big hills and run hard down them letting gravity do most of the work.
By mile 15 I had consumed two gels and three electrolyte pills. My main concern was to replace Na+, K+,Ca++,Mg++ that would be lost through sweating.
At around 21M I caught up and ran with Chris for about 0.5M asked how he was doing and he said that his quads were locking up. I felt good at this point and decided that I could pick my pace up some .
I was extremely happy to see the 26M marker and at this point I had enough energy that I could at least finish strong and running toward the Finish I could hear Ashleigh and Calla cheer me on.
I finished in 4:14:55 and 32:14 faster than last year and Hey I'm OK with that. Could be much better with no injury and consistent training. And great job Chris for finishing 1 hr faster than last years race.
What an all around great race. Great bunch of runners and well organized race with appropriately placed aid stations that are well stocked and great food at the finish. Congratulations to all who finished this race.
Next event will be 12M Mountains to Sea Trail and Owls Roost Rumble so time to prepare for the push up contest at the end of this race.
My main objective was to take it easy, start out much slower, finish better than last year, push forward and keep moving and enjoy the run. Last year I finished in 4:46:29( My first marathon) had to stop several times to stretch my quads and I once stopped sat down against a pine tree someone even asked if I was OK and a guy on a bike came over a gave me a bottle of water. I felt something crawling on my neck and discovered it was a tick. Just shows you that it was rather warm during the 09 race.
Me and Chris arrived at the race too early what the hell were we thinking. We got there at 8:00am stood around by the fire for most of the time and at the last 20 min started to warm up for the race.
Race start: I decided I would get near the back of the pack and take it rather easy. At 9:03 the race was on I just took it easy. I didn't carry a water bottle so I briefly stopped at the most of the aid stations past mile 6 to keep hydrated and to replenish electrolytes. My average pace at 13.3 was 7:44 and this would gradually increase as the race progressed.
At around mile 14 Chris passed me and I said great job. As he continued forward I thought that he'd better reserve some energy on the upcoming hills. My plan was to walk the big hills and run hard down them letting gravity do most of the work.
By mile 15 I had consumed two gels and three electrolyte pills. My main concern was to replace Na+, K+,Ca++,Mg++ that would be lost through sweating.
At around 21M I caught up and ran with Chris for about 0.5M asked how he was doing and he said that his quads were locking up. I felt good at this point and decided that I could pick my pace up some .
I was extremely happy to see the 26M marker and at this point I had enough energy that I could at least finish strong and running toward the Finish I could hear Ashleigh and Calla cheer me on.
I finished in 4:14:55 and 32:14 faster than last year and Hey I'm OK with that. Could be much better with no injury and consistent training. And great job Chris for finishing 1 hr faster than last years race.
What an all around great race. Great bunch of runners and well organized race with appropriately placed aid stations that are well stocked and great food at the finish. Congratulations to all who finished this race.
Next event will be 12M Mountains to Sea Trail and Owls Roost Rumble so time to prepare for the push up contest at the end of this race.
