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Banque Scotia 21k de Montreal - RunHalf Marathon
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Comments: I started fairly fast, as usual, and closed the first k in 4:30. Then I tried to settle at about 4:40 to evaluate how things felt and see if that would be my pace for the day. It looks like it was. As the rain picked up, I went easily through the first 5-6k. There was almost no wind so it felt ok. At about 6k the arch of my right foot became tight and scared me but it settled fairly quickly. At that point (until about the 12k mark) people started passing me... one, another, a third, a fourth and so on. It was hard to stick to my own race! I guess they were to slow starters or the fasties that started at the back of the pack. I almost drowned myself with a water cup at an aid station (that why I'm such a great swimmer!). I started feeling cold at about 14k and feared my calves would stiffen so much that it would slow me down. 5k from the finish, I started feeling strong, cadence was fast and I truly felt like I was an efficient runner (that was a first). I started reeling in people and did so until ~19.5k. at which point we had a decent headwind and the engine was deep in the red zone. The home stretch was a struggle but I was damn happy!! To finish the story, Mathieu, the fastie, was disapointed with a 1:19:xx time... I'm not there yet! :P What would you do differently?: Wear arm warmers. That is all.  Post race
Warm down: Essentially nothing but eat and drink water. I stretched when I got home. What limited your ability to perform faster: Maybe the combination of rain, cold and wind but I'm happy about the race. Last updated: 2009-11-08 12:00 AM
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 2010-04-18 5:52 PM |
Veteran  307  Montréal |  Subject: Banque Scotia 21k de Montreal |
| 2010-04-19 7:10 PM in reply to: #2799924 |
Extreme Veteran 458 Montreal | Subject: RE: Banque Scotia 21k de Montreal You beat me by 20 minutes, but your friend/arch-nemesis beat you by 20 minutes. All's fair in run and war!! Seriously, though, that was a SICK race you had. |
| 2010-04-20 7:08 AM in reply to: #2802791 |
Elite 3595   Quebec, Canada | Subject: RE: Banque Scotia 21k de Montreal |
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As usual, woke up 3 hours before the start, had breakfast, took a shower, packed my sh!t and went to the site. Met Mathieu (a fastie duathlete in my AG that smokes me by a gazillion minutes on a sprint) just as I arrived. I convinced him to do the Peterborough HIM Du... bad move... I just put myself out of a potential AG podium. Very smart! ;)
I met Krystyna at the bag check and we went for a small warm up, no more than one k I'd say. At that point, it wasn't raining yet and I thought I was overdressed but it was too late to change anything (thank God!). 5 min from the start I REALLY wanted some water and I was getting kind of desperate. Luckily I found some juice. Then I headed to the start, wished Krystyna good luck and found a spot with people I thought would run about the same speed as me.