Gold Coast Marathon - RunMarathon


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Gold Coast, Queensland
AU
18C / 64F
Overcast
 		Total Time = 3h 59m 24s
Overall Rank = 1989/6712
Age Group =
Age Group Rank = 105/405
Pre-race routine:

Usual 2 hour feeding / taping/ rolling routine.
Event warmup:

2km walk to the start. Short low key run at start line so as to not aggravate L) proximal hamstring tendon.
Run
  • 3h 59m 24s
  • 42.2 kms
  • 05m 40s  min/km
Comments:

In 11 starts at this event, this was by far the most heat stressed. Official weather records show that the RH was 100% (!!) for the first 3.5 hours of the race and then dropped to 92% by my race finish. Never seen so many paramedic incidents late in the race. The heat stress is obvious in my dramatic drop in pace beyond 30km.

Race stats:
Split...........Split.............S/Rank......Race Time.......R/Rank.........Pace
5KM........00:25:05........1520..........00:25:05.........1520............05:01
10KM......00:24:58........1462..........00:50:03.........1494............04:59
15KM......00:25:11........1504..........01:15:14.........1477............05:02
20KM......00:25:58........1677..........01:41:12.........1506............05:11
25KM......00:27:37........2120..........02:08:49.........1555............05:31
30KM......00:28:30........2080..........02:37:19.........1627............05:42
35KM......00:32:56........2508..........03:10:16.........1789............06:35
40KM......00:34:25........2446..........03:44:42.........1894............06:53
Finish......00:14:42........3049..........03:59:24.........1989............06:41

Half Way......................1958...........01:47:04......1524...............05:05 -1st half
Finish.....02:12:16.......3049.........03:59:24.......1989.................06:10 - 2nd half
What would you do differently?:

Not a lot on race day. Managed injury as well as possible.
Post race
Warm down:

Beer.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

L) proximal hamstring tendon limiting any long runs in this campaign.

Event comments:

40th anniversary race. Sold out marathon field (6,700) and 10.000 in the half marathon.

Great organisiation as always.




Last updated: 2018-01-07 12:00 AM
Running
03:59:24 | 42.2 kms | 05m 40s  min/km
Age Group: 105/405
Overall: 1989/6712
Performance: Bad
Course:
Keeping cool Bad Drinking Not enough
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 4
Physical exertion [1-5] 2
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