Ottawa Marathon - RunMarathon


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Ottawa, Ontario
Canada
ING
30C / 86F
Sunny
 		Total Time = 4h 26m 7s
Overall Rank = 1421/2032
Age Group = 45-49
Age Group Rank = 214/320
Pre-race routine:

Planned to run a 5:30 pace. My splits should be 2k@ 11min, 4k@ 22, 6k@ 33, 8k@ 44, 10k@ 55, 15k@ 1:22, 20k@ 1:50, 25k@ 2:17, 30k@ 2:45, 35k@ 3:12, 40k@ 3:40 with a finishing time of 3:52 (or anything under 4 hours would be fine)

Up at 5am, breakfast, washroom, get to the race.
Event warmup:

Hellard's A's,C's,
Run
  • 4h 26m 7s
  • 42 kms
  • 06m 20s  min/km
Comments:

Ran the 1st 10k a little fast in 50min. Backed off and was exact 2h17 at 25k. It started to get hard and I slipped 7min behind at 30k. Then BONK with a capital B at 35k! All my training was in cold or rain. Today was the very 1st hot day of the summer. Was running hard and doing great, then BAM! out of nowhere, quad cramps at 35k. When I walked to recover, I became dizzy and nausous. I realized I was overheating and started pouring water on my head to cool off. I recovered enough to walk/run to the finish but my goal time was long gone. Everyone was suffering in the heat. The medics could hardly keep up with the people needing assistance.
What would you do differently?:

Should have adjusted my cold weather pace to consider the heat and my lack of hot weather training.
Post race
Warm down:

Walked back along course to 300m, light stretching and waited 1/2hr for my wife to pass by in her 1/2 marathon. Ran with her to her finish.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Heat-stroke at 35k.


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Last updated: 2005-11-25 12:00 AM
Running
04:26:07 | 42 kms | 06m 20s  min/km
Age Group: 0/320
Overall: 0/2032
Performance: Below average
1st10k @ 5:10 10-20k @ 5:38 20-25k @ 6:17 25-30k @ 7:00 30-35k @ 7:47 35-38k @ 8:00 38-39k @ 6:19 39-40k @ 7:39 40-41k @ 8:39 41-42k @ 5:31
Course: Start and Finish lines are in front of the Ottawa City Hall. Two different loops through downtown Ottawa. 1st loop passed parliment hill and around to Quebec past Museum of Civilization, then across the Alexander bridge back to Ontario, on past the Prime Minister's and Governor General's residences, through Rockcliff and back to downtown. 2nd loop is down one side of the Rideau Canal, through the Experimental Farm and back to downtown on the opposite side of the canal. Gentle upward slope over course
Keeping cool Bad Drinking Not enough
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Below average
Mental exertion [1-5] 5
Physical exertion [1-5] 5
Good race? Ok
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Good
Race evaluation [1-5] 4