Royal Victoria Marathon - RunMarathon


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Victoria, British Columbia
Canada
5C / 41F
Sunny
 		Total Time = 8h 30m
Overall Rank = 767/2611
Age Group = 30-34
Age Group Rank = 80/155
Pre-race routine:

Woe 3 hours before race. Drank tea and ate scone with Jam, Peanutbutter, Honey, and Banana. Drank some fruit juice.
Event warmup:

Very basic warm up: run walk run walk...
Run
  • 3h 44m 39s
  • 42.2 kms
  • 05m 19s  min/km
Comments:

Took it slowly for the first half. Just got into a zone, felt I could go harder, but wanted to have some left for the second half. When I hit 21K I picked up the pace until I hit 32 and hit the wall around 34K. 32-40K my pace dropped to 6min/k. I need to build up my running distance to 45K I think. The last 2K I dug deep and pushed hard. Crossed the finish line on the verge of tears, but totally full of gratitude and appreciation. God has truly given me a second chance.
What would you do differently?:

Absolutely nothing. Feel great about everything.
Post race
Warm down:

Just walked around for about 30min.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

I think my threshhold was around 32-34. After that I had a really hard time.

Event comments:

Excellent race. This one will likely make it onto my yearly race list.




Last updated: 2009-10-12 12:00 AM
Running
03:44:39 | 42.2 kms | 05m 19s  min/km
Age Group: 80/155
Overall: 767/2611
Performance: Good
Course: Beautiful course. Absolutely georgious. Well organized event. Lot's of volunteers. Aid stations every 3-5K. No gels so needed to bring those. Gatorade and water provided. Some hills, but mostly light rolling hills. No big hills. still needed to be aware so that I didn't kill myself on the gradual up hills.
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 5
Physical exertion [1-5] 5
Good race? Yes
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Bad
Race evaluation [1-5] 4