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Victoria, British Columbia
Canada
Royal Victoria Marathon
14C / 57F
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 		Total Time = 1h 44m 8s
Overall Rank = 553/4106
Age Group = M30-34
Age Group Rank = 71/171
Pre-race routine:

Up early - Banana, some scrambled eggs, water.
Event warmup:

Jogged the streets around the start - stretched a bit to get the nerves out. The athlete crowd surge was massive!
Run
  • 1h 44m 8s
  • 21 kms
  • 04m 58s  min/km
Comments:

Tough to get into a rhythm with such a large throng of ppl at the start. The route took on some narrow streets until about 8k in, where things started to stretch a bit. My knees started carkin about the 12k mark, and it was a battle to maintain pace from there. By the time I reached the last mile marker, I was pretty numb. DOn't remember the finish itself or hear the announcer.
What would you do differently?:

Flexibility. My joints let me down. I had no problems cardio wise, just the flesh was weak. More yoga...ok some yoga! any yoga.
Post race
Warm down:

Hot tub. Epsom salts. stretching.
Haven't been able to walk at all well for 2 days...this too will pass.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

ITBS




Last updated: 2005-10-06 12:00 AM
Running
01:44:08 | 21 kms | 04m 58s  min/km
Age Group: 71/171
Overall: 553/4106
Performance: Average
Course: Relatively flat.
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Average
Mental exertion [1-5] 2
Physical exertion [1-5] 2
Good race? Yes
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Average
Race evaluation [1-5] 4

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2005-10-11 11:44 AM
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2005-10-11 2:17 PM
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Nice race.
Good to see you kept pushing through the pain!
2005-10-11 2:38 PM
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Nice work Scott. So when is your full?

Jen
2005-10-11 8:36 PM
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Perth, Oz
Subject: RE: Royal Victoria Marathon

Ouch  that sounds painful.  Hope the knees are feeling better today!  Good work on getting through to the end esp doing under 5min kms with knee problems! 

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