Marathon du Medoc - RunMarathon


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Pauillac,
France
25C / 77F
Sunny
 		Total Time = 9h 30m
Overall Rank = 1000/8500
Age Group =
Age Group Rank = 0/
Pre-race routine:

1/2 croissant, one cup of coffee, one powerbar and one Gu. Oh yeah, and get into my COSTUME!
Event warmup:

standing in line. looking at all the other people and their costumes.
Run
  • 4h 22m 39s
  • 26.1 miles
  • 10m 04s  min/mile
Comments:

made it to about 30k and then hit the wall physically and mentally. i actually did a 1/2 marathon in 1:55, but then all i could think about was how much longer i had to go and that i had never run more than 3 hours before. my feet started to get real sore and then my toes and calves started cramping like you could not believe.
What would you do differently?:

hydrate more and sleep more the previous day or two. the travel and touring around Bordeaux really hit me hard.
Post race
Event comments:

The coolest thing about this race was that they have wine, water and food at almost every rest station. I had a couple of sips of $200/bottle wine at the rest station near Chateau Lafite Rothschild! The 2nd coolest thing is that everyone wears a COSTUME.


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Last updated: 2007-09-12 12:00 AM
Running
04:22:39 | 26.1 miles | 10m 04s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/
Overall: 0/8500
Performance: Good
Course: through the city streets of pauillac, on to the country roads and through the chateaux of the best wine country in the world
Keeping cool Average Drinking Not enough
Post race
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