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Victoria, British Columbia
Canada
10C / 50F
Precipitation
Total Time = 4h 26m 27s
Overall Rank = 1358/1979
Age Group = 35 - 39
Age Group Rank = 87/155
Pre-race routine:

Woke up at 5 and realized I left my MP3 player on the plane. ARGH!!! Got up and searched awhile, and yep, got all the boys off the plane and left my player.
Up at 7 for real, room service (spoilt!), toast, juice, banana.
Stretched and walked.
Event warmup:

Light stretching and walking
Run
  • 4h 26m 27s
  • 26.1 miles
  • 10m 13s  min/mile
Comments:

Nice weather until about 15 km in, started to sprinkle and was pouring by the half way point. (and continued to pour)
Roads were very sloped, so when I was running on the right hand side, my foot was rolling in onto my heel. Very painful.
Ran a good first half, felt good but foot was hurting.
After the half focused on getting to 30 km. Stopped at the aid station at 30 km, stretched my foot, looked out over the coast to collect my thoughts. Right quad was getting stiff. Knew at this point, I would be finishing and not hitting my time. 32 Km my quad was seizing (right side.. poor leg has to make up for the weak L one), tried to stretch, but couldn't bend my knee. Last 10 km were tough and SLOW! Just thought about running intervals... 1 down, 5 to go etc.
Crowd was great, cheering really helped me. My head kept dropping lower and lower was really trying to focus on staying relaxed.
Crossed the line while the carrillon at the parliment building was playing trumpet voluntary. Thought that was quite fitting!
Was close to tears at the end, but managed to keep it together.
What would you do differently?:

Be injury free!!!
I felt I had the physical ability and strength to do this well, but was so limited by my injury. Frustrating.
Post race
Warm down:

Food and drink, walked back to the hotel with some difficulty. Almost went down going off a curb (knee was not bending at all!)
Stretch at the hotel, warm shower to warm up.
Wasn't hungry, but tried to eat little things.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Foot injury. Hurt the whole way, really affected my R quad.

Event comments:

I loved this course. Some hills, beautiful views, lots of spectators and runners.
Great race, hope to do it again, with more success!




Last updated: 2007-04-05 12:00 AM
Running
04:26:27 | 26.1 miles | 10m 13s  min/mile
Age Group: 87/155
Overall: 1358/1979
Performance: Bad
Half time - 2:01. Was right on track at this point.
Course: Some hills, but mostly baby ones. Beautiful views. All road running. Roads were quite sloped.. particularily by the ocean.
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 4
Physical exertion [1-5] 3
Good race? No
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Good
Race evaluation [1-5] 4

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2007-10-09 7:09 PM

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2007-10-09 7:17 PM
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Great report. Sorry you didn't hit your time, but look at what you went through to get there!!! To do that after your injury is nothing to sneeze at, well okay...you can sneeze, but no coughing.

I like the Trumpet at the end, nice touch.

My favorite bit is in your report where you say that you were not hungry but ate small things...like? pebbles, small furry creatures? Lawn gnomes?

Too bad about your MP3...I'm sure you checked with the airline? I once had my walkman returned...but that's dating me isn't it.

 Welcome back, we missed you!

2007-10-09 11:11 PM
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This just sounds like the coolest race

Sorry to hear you were fighting a foot injury through the race. I agree that you definitely had the fitness to make it happen. (From your training)  

This definitely seems like a great race to slow down a bit and take it all in though.

Great job toughing it out

2007-10-10 10:31 AM
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Great job finishing and pushing past the pain and injuries. Glad the rain held out for most of it though as it's such a nice course. The finish was definitely the best part!!
2007-10-10 9:59 PM
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Good job on getting to the finish, way to fight off the pain, I know the feeling trust me. Good report.
2007-10-11 11:07 AM
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windnsnow - 2007-10-09 5:17 PM

My favorite bit is in your report where you say that you were not hungry but ate small things...like? pebbles, small furry creatures? Lawn gnomes?

Funniest interpretation ever! 

Nice effort, way to finish even with the pain!  Well done.



2007-10-11 11:52 AM
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Thanks for the comments! 

 

2007-10-11 12:16 PM
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Congratulations on toughing it out and finishing Trudi. Considering your injuries, I think you made pretty good time.
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