Started slow for the first 4km's (6:30+/km). At km 4 we were at 27 minutes, and were getting passed a lot. But I was feeling really good - running felt easy today. So, after the 4km mark I left Adam and increased my pace, and from here on through to the finish I passed people non-stop.

I ended up at 1:02 at the 10km mark, so the pace had picked up. Felt awesome at the 10km mark. Actually felt great (and easy) all the way until the 17km mark, then things started to slow down just a bit (but not much). I ended up running the last 11.1km in 1:03.

0-4k: 6:45/km
4-10k: 5:50/km
10-21.1: 5:41/km


I've never done more than 10km, so this was all new to me. Next time, I think I would start in a better pace, knowing now that I can maintain this and complete the distance.

No warm-down. Finished, and proceeded to bag check. Changed, met up with Nic, then met with Adam and left.


I've never done anything close to this distance, so all in all it went alright. No real limitations...it was basically an experiment.


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.