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jjm198

Race rating (4)

• Organised?Yes
• Events on time?Yes


• Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
• Plenty of drink stations?Yes


• Post race activities? Good
• Overall course based on my ability: Just right


• Comments: A fun course to do for the first time. It's pretty cool running down Yongue, but once we got off Yongue it was a little more boring. I decided Friday (on a whim) to do this race. I figured "what the hell", and had pretty much mentally convinced myself that I could do it. That helped. I've never really run longer than 10k before, so this was going to be a big experiment. I figured it would be cool if I didn't walk much, and in the end I didn't walk at all! I took Gatorade at every aid station, walking for about 10sec while drinking, then starting up again with an easy pace. Hills were no problem at all, and breathing was pretty relaxed (nose breathing) until about the last 2km. All in all, I was surprised at how easy it was for me to run that far, and as the race progressed and it became apparent that I could do this, the goals changed from 'finish' to 'don't walk' to '2:10 would be a major accomplishment' to 'can I break 2:05?' A fun experience.

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