Gold Coast Airport Marathon - RunMarathon


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Gold Coast, Queensland
Australia
Gold Coast Events Management Ltd
12C / 54F
Sunny
 		Total Time = 00m
Overall Rank = /
Age Group =
Age Group Rank = 0/
Pre-race routine:

Up at 4am as I was staying with 3 others who had a 6am start at the half marathon. (Full marathon started at 7:20am!!) 2x rye toast and manuka honey, banana, 2x coffees.
Event warmup:

5 min running, 10 min stretching , esp. the troublesome calf.
Run
  • 00m
  • 42.2 kms
  •  min/km
Comments:

Managed to contract a "razor blade" sore throat on Friday and a subsequent chest infection on Saturday! Given I was carrying a significant L) gastroc. strain into the event this was the last thing I needed! Not another year down the drain.....

What else to do but start... Chucked out the original race plan and every other one down to Plan F and stuck with that... for a while!

First 5km at 4:30 min/km pace; 10km mark in 47 min. HR rising beyond expectation to 176 and just stuck there. Knowing I couldn't sustain that for the full 42 km I slowed but the HR wouldn't drop. Slowed more - HR dropped to 174!

Felt strong until 20km even at 175 HR but at 22Km body collapsed under strain of virus and lack of sleep over past 72 hours. Ugly push through to 28km mark when the body finally said 'no more'.

Next year is going to be my <3hr year! Scheming already to get to 2013 start line fit, healthy and ready to deliver what I am capable of!

(1 gel every 30 mins)
What would you do differently?:

Not injure calf!
Not get sick!
Post race
Warm down:

Roadside collapse at 28km, followed by beer. :-)

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Gastroc. strain over the past 3 weeks but most definitely getting and raging sore throat and lung infection 48hrs before the race.

Event comments:

Great Race. 28,000 competitors over the weekend - 5,700 in marathon and >10, 000 in the half Mary.




Last updated: 2012-02-20 12:00 AM
Running
00:00:00 | 42.2 kms |  min/km
Age Group: 0/
Overall: 0/
Performance: Bad
Course: Flat! South from Australia Fair to Burleigh Heads and return then North for 7km and return to start at Australia Fair.
Keeping cool Bad Drinking Not enough
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Average
Mental exertion [1-5] 3
Physical exertion [1-5] 3
Good race? No
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] 5