SBR Utopia - OPEN (Page 88)

axteraa - 2013-02-17 2:22 PM

Half marathon done!  

I'll do a full race report but the short version is this.  The conditions were brutal, the temperature was hovering right around the freezing mark.  When we started, the roads were slushy and snow covered.  At about the 5k mark, it started to drizzle and by 10k it was outright raining and windy!  The course was two loops and the second time around, the slush was mostly gone but the roads were rivers and puddles and I had given up trying to dodge them.  Because it was dry for the first 5k, I had taken off my hat and gloves and stuffed them in my pocket.  By 15k I realized that my hands were freezing but my fingers were so stiff I wasn't sure I would be able to get my gloves out and put them back on so I just carried on.  Everything was so wet by then that I really didn't care.  That and I was slowly reeling in the guy in front of me...

Old HM PR was 1:48:20
New HM PR is 1:38:09

My Garmin measured it 0.2km short but at the end of the first loop it was spot on for the right distance so I'm calling it accurate.    I haven't seen the official results so I don't know exactly where I placed but I think it was 6th or 7th OA.

Needless to say, I am absolutely thrilled with the time!

axteraa - 2013-02-17 4:27 PM

Thanks guys.  This is what it looked like at the half way mark.

KansasMom - 2013-02-17 8:10 PM 

Very nice! You blasted away your PR and placed well to boot. The conditions sound brutal. I hate when my hands start feeling like that.

So . . . you were slowly reeling in the guy in front, I presume you caught him?

axteraa - 2013-02-17 3:22 PM

Half marathon done!  

I'll do a full race report but the short version is this.  The conditions were brutal, the temperature was hovering right around the freezing mark.  When we started, the roads were slushy and snow covered.  At about the 5k mark, it started to drizzle and by 10k it was outright raining and windy!  The course was two loops and the second time around, the slush was mostly gone but the roads were rivers and puddles and I had given up trying to dodge them.  Because it was dry for the first 5k, I had taken off my hat and gloves and stuffed them in my pocket.  By 15k I realized that my hands were freezing but my fingers were so stiff I wasn't sure I would be able to get my gloves out and put them back on so I just carried on.  Everything was so wet by then that I really didn't care.  That and I was slowly reeling in the guy in front of me...

Old HM PR was 1:48:20
New HM PR is 1:38:09

My Garmin measured it 0.2km short but at the end of the first loop it was spot on for the right distance so I'm calling it accurate.    I haven't seen the official results so I don't know exactly where I placed but I think it was 6th or 7th OA.

Needless to say, I am absolutely thrilled with the time!

GoFaster - 2013-02-17 8:10 PM How many years did it take them to get up to those race numbers for an HM in Feb in PEI????

axteraa - 2013-02-17 7:15 PM

Nope, I got to within about 50 feet of him during a short out and back section with 2.5k to go and when he saw me after the turn around, he took off and I finished 37 seconds after him.

KateTri1 - 2013-02-17 8:19 PM

You are 799?

axteraa - 2013-02-17 6:15 PM

Nope, I got to within about 50 feet of him during a short out and back section with 2.5k to go and when he saw me after the turn around, he took off and I finished 37 seconds after him.

Dang turn arounds.. you' d a caught him otherwise...unless a spectator started cheering for you in the finish chute and tipped him off that you were gaining on him. ! um...was it too cold for spectators ? lol

I had two greenbelt runs since wednesday. Still super windy here. my son wants to bike tomorow. i would much rather run instead. My rotater cuff is still thinking about acting up. M swimming is okay as long as i dont sprint for time. 

axteraa - 2013-02-17 1:22 PM

Half marathon done!  

I'll do a full race report but the short version is this.  The conditions were brutal, the temperature was hovering right around the freezing mark.  When we started, the roads were slushy and snow covered.  At about the 5k mark, it started to drizzle and by 10k it was outright raining and windy!  The course was two loops and the second time around, the slush was mostly gone but the roads were rivers and puddles and I had given up trying to dodge them.  Because it was dry for the first 5k, I had taken off my hat and gloves and stuffed them in my pocket.  By 15k I realized that my hands were freezing but my fingers were so stiff I wasn't sure I would be able to get my gloves out and put them back on so I just carried on.  Everything was so wet by then that I really didn't care.  That and I was slowly reeling in the guy in front of me...

Old HM PR was 1:48:20
New HM PR is 1:38:09

My Garmin measured it 0.2km short but at the end of the first loop it was spot on for the right distance so I'm calling it accurate.    I haven't seen the official results so I don't know exactly where I placed but I think it was 6th or 7th OA.

Needless to say, I am absolutely thrilled with the time!

Asalzwed - 2013-02-17 8:20 PMBeen a little down with a cold all week. More or less had a forced taper because if it and managed more than a 30 second PR in a 5K yesterday. I'll do a RR later, it was a pretty exciting race!

axteraa - 2013-02-17 2:22 PM

Half marathon done!  

I'll do a full race report but the short version is this.  The conditions were brutal, the temperature was hovering right around the freezing mark.  When we started, the roads were slushy and snow covered.  At about the 5k mark, it started to drizzle and by 10k it was outright raining and windy!  The course was two loops and the second time around, the slush was mostly gone but the roads were rivers and puddles and I had given up trying to dodge them.  Because it was dry for the first 5k, I had taken off my hat and gloves and stuffed them in my pocket.  By 15k I realized that my hands were freezing but my fingers were so stiff I wasn't sure I would be able to get my gloves out and put them back on so I just carried on.  Everything was so wet by then that I really didn't care.  That and I was slowly reeling in the guy in front of me...

Old HM PR was 1:48:20
New HM PR is 1:38:09

My Garmin measured it 0.2km short but at the end of the first loop it was spot on for the right distance so I'm calling it accurate.    I haven't seen the official results so I don't know exactly where I placed but I think it was 6th or 7th OA.

Needless to say, I am absolutely thrilled with the time!

axteraa - 2013-02-17 2:22 PM

Half marathon done!  

I'll do a full race report but the short version is this.  The conditions were brutal, the temperature was hovering right around the freezing mark.  When we started, the roads were slushy and snow covered.  At about the 5k mark, it started to drizzle and by 10k it was outright raining and windy!  The course was two loops and the second time around, the slush was mostly gone but the roads were rivers and puddles and I had given up trying to dodge them.  Because it was dry for the first 5k, I had taken off my hat and gloves and stuffed them in my pocket.  By 15k I realized that my hands were freezing but my fingers were so stiff I wasn't sure I would be able to get my gloves out and put them back on so I just carried on.  Everything was so wet by then that I really didn't care.  That and I was slowly reeling in the guy in front of me...

Old HM PR was 1:48:20
New HM PR is 1:38:09

My Garmin measured it 0.2km short but at the end of the first loop it was spot on for the right distance so I'm calling it accurate.    I haven't seen the official results so I don't know exactly where I placed but I think it was 6th or 7th OA.

Needless to say, I am absolutely thrilled with the time!

axteraa - 2013-02-18 6:27 AM

Thanks guys.  This is what it looked like at the half way mark.

Asalzwed - 2013-02-17 11:20 PM Been a little down with a cold all week. More or less had a forced taper because if it and managed more than a 30 second PR in a 5K yesterday. I'll do a RR later, it was a pretty exciting race!

mndymond - 2013-02-18 3:19 AM Hi hi!! Sorry I've been so MIA. Last month has been a bit crazy/stressful. Still managing to get training sessions in for the most part, just haven't been logging on BT for awhile. Just on TP. My rank list is due in 2 days and then the waiting game is on until Mar 5! Goin to run the rock and roll half in NOLA next weekend. Pretty excited!! It will be slow but ill get er done!

axteraa - 2013-02-17 5:27 PM

Thanks guys.  This is what it looked like at the half way mark.