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Race rating (5)
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  • 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: [b]PRE RACE[/b] I've been toying with the 1:30 barrier for a couple years now, or should I say the 1:30 barrier has been toying with me. It's a number that represents a pace I need to get fairly comfortable with if I ever intend to break 3 hours in a marathon. I have a current 1:30:39 PR from the 2008 First Half Marathon, then I ran the first half of the BMO Vancouver Marathon in 1:30:11 en route to a 3:10:10 finish. Had I known I was that close at the time, I might have kicked it up just for confidence's sake. Sometimes knowing what your capable of goes a long way in helping you raise your own bar. The 1:30:11 doesn't count as a PR in my books, portions of races are just that - portions of races. In the year's leading up to 2008, 1:30 was always a number I looked at and said "well... one day.". I started training for the Ironman at the start of this year. Training for the Ironman is different than training for anything else I've ever encountered. We're no longer concerned with pace
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  • 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: Nice local run. Might do it again.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

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

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

  • Comments: Good Course Sunny day but cool
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