Doonst drives to London, for to run a half.
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Doonst drives to London, for to run a half.
I beat my 1/2 marathon PB by more than twice what Dave beat his PB by; that's something, right?
Up at 4:30, met Dave (dgrant) in Hornby at 5:40 and on the 401 cruising west by 4:45, just like clockwork. Plan the drive, drive the plan. I didn't sleep that well, but getting up didn't seem too bad. Found Springbank Park in London, just where they said it might be, by 7:15, and parked on the grass 100 feet from the start/finish line. Weather was just great, slight wind, some clouds, 9 degrees. Picked up our bibs and a great brown long-sleeved tech shirt. Then we noticed that nobody had chip timers of any kind.
We started off together pretty easy at first. I hit the wrong button on my Garmin, Dave said the first K took 4:57. I started mine at the 1 K mark. We ran together, or swapped the lead, for the first 5 K. Those went by at around a 4:40 pace or better. Dave went ahead for good around 6 K, I saw him ahead of me for the last time at 8 K. We had done a loop at the start before heading out the path, we turned around to head back on the paved trail at about 11.75 K. At this point Dave was just under a minute ahead.
My realistic goal for today was 1:43, whisper goal (that I might have shouted at times) was 1:42. My PB set on a rainy day in Waterloo this April was 1:47:14. Today at the halfway point, I was on pace for a 1:40! The first half seemed easy. Coming back, it started to be harder to keep up that pace, then I started slipping a few seconds each split. 4:43, 4:46, 4:50, 4:53. I knew that that was ok, that if I didn't crash and burn I was still going to end up happy. It seemed so hard right up to K17, then we came into shade and breeze, that helped a bit. I started doing the math in my head, and knew that 1:42 was possible but just. I swear that i picked up my effort level for the last 2 K, but the last full one was my only split over 5 minutes (just). The finish line seemed a long time in coming, and in the distance I saw the clock turn 1:42! Ended up at 1:42:09. [Whine Alert]: Garmins say that the course was around 200 m long, that's a minute! And there was no chip timing, just gun. [/endwhine]. A PB by 5 minutes and change. Still I dwell on those 9 seconds!
It was a good day, no problems, nice people. I got several comments on my RM shirt; one guy in washroom line said he reads us every now and then, "just to see what people are saying". On the course, a couple of , "Runningmania, woo hoo"s. Or was it tee hee's. We had some pizza and cans of OJ, and milled about for a half hour. Awards were at least another half hour off, we didn't stay. Back on the road home by 10:15. I must say that Dave is a fine travelling partner, he's much nicer one-on-one than he is online. I was home by noon.
Up at 4:30, met Dave (dgrant) in Hornby at 5:40 and on the 401 cruising west by 4:45, just like clockwork. Plan the drive, drive the plan. I didn't sleep that well, but getting up didn't seem too bad. Found Springbank Park in London, just where they said it might be, by 7:15, and parked on the grass 100 feet from the start/finish line. Weather was just great, slight wind, some clouds, 9 degrees. Picked up our bibs and a great brown long-sleeved tech shirt. Then we noticed that nobody had chip timers of any kind.
We started off together pretty easy at first. I hit the wrong button on my Garmin, Dave said the first K took 4:57. I started mine at the 1 K mark. We ran together, or swapped the lead, for the first 5 K. Those went by at around a 4:40 pace or better. Dave went ahead for good around 6 K, I saw him ahead of me for the last time at 8 K. We had done a loop at the start before heading out the path, we turned around to head back on the paved trail at about 11.75 K. At this point Dave was just under a minute ahead.
My realistic goal for today was 1:43, whisper goal (that I might have shouted at times) was 1:42. My PB set on a rainy day in Waterloo this April was 1:47:14. Today at the halfway point, I was on pace for a 1:40! The first half seemed easy. Coming back, it started to be harder to keep up that pace, then I started slipping a few seconds each split. 4:43, 4:46, 4:50, 4:53. I knew that that was ok, that if I didn't crash and burn I was still going to end up happy. It seemed so hard right up to K17, then we came into shade and breeze, that helped a bit. I started doing the math in my head, and knew that 1:42 was possible but just. I swear that i picked up my effort level for the last 2 K, but the last full one was my only split over 5 minutes (just). The finish line seemed a long time in coming, and in the distance I saw the clock turn 1:42! Ended up at 1:42:09. [Whine Alert]: Garmins say that the course was around 200 m long, that's a minute! And there was no chip timing, just gun. [/endwhine]. A PB by 5 minutes and change. Still I dwell on those 9 seconds!
It was a good day, no problems, nice people. I got several comments on my RM shirt; one guy in washroom line said he reads us every now and then, "just to see what people are saying". On the course, a couple of , "Runningmania, woo hoo"s. Or was it tee hee's. We had some pizza and cans of OJ, and milled about for a half hour. Awards were at least another half hour off, we didn't stay. Back on the road home by 10:15. I must say that Dave is a fine travelling partner, he's much nicer one-on-one than he is online. I was home by noon.
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So all you sinners come out
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This broken wing will fly again
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So all you sinners come out
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Way to go Sheldon... I was thinking about you guys all morning & considering we finished our run at 11:50 I knew that you guys would probably be half way home by then
No chips - well that sucks, but this race is put on by Runner's Choice (they are the super speedy/competitive London runners.. )
Great job on the PB - ghesh, only the second week into the tour even!
Glad to know that RM is becoming recognized in London... I am trying you know
No chips - well that sucks, but this race is put on by Runner's Choice (they are the super speedy/competitive London runners.. )
Great job on the PB - ghesh, only the second week into the tour even!
Glad to know that RM is becoming recognized in London... I am trying you know
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Great run, Sheldon. Way to keep pushing through and meeting your whisper goal (who's counting the seconds anyway?). I guess you must have scared Dave after last week. Did they do drug testing after the event...you never know. If Landis can come back one day later....
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Awesome work Sheldon! That's a great PB, and it sounds like a fun race. Congratulations!
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Great job smashing your PB!
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Good work, PB's every race is easy to get use to.
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Re: Doonst drives to London, for to run a half.
Doonst wrote:I beat my 1/2 marathon PB by more than twice what Dave beat his PB by; that's something, right?
Yep, that's something!
Great work!
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Now? Notsomuch.
I'm still a runner, though.
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Re: Doonst drives to London, for to run a half.
No problemo... those 9 sec's are easy to lose... just use the magic clock you had on the 401!Doonst wrote: I saw the clock turn 1:42! Ended up at 1:42:09. ...[Whine Alert]:...Still I dwell on those 9 seconds! [/endwhine].
Doonst wrote:Up at 4:30, met Dave (dgrant) in Hornby at 5:40 and on the 401 cruising west by 4:45, just like clockwork.
Congrat's on your PB. Great race!
Done: Full 2, 30k 2, 25k 1, Half 11, 13k 2, 10k 2, 8k 1, 5k 20 ...
Hmmm... this needs an update!
Hmmm... this needs an update!
Great race. That's awful @#% early to get up and race Your dedication is very impressive. The rest of this competition should be great.
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injured
2013
Snowflake 10k....stopped at 5k
Rest of the year a write off because of injury.
2012
Snowflake 10k Jan 1 done
Run 4 Kids 10k Jan 7 done
Harry's Spring Run Off 8k. April 8 a disaster, but I finished
Centurion 50k at Horseshoe Valley (cycling) done
Centurion 50 miler at Blue Mountain (cycling) done.....barely!
Snowflake 5k, Dec 16 - done
2011
Harry Rosen 8k. April. done
Rotary 5k fun run. May. done
CANI 10k. June. done
Canada Day 10k. July. done
Barrie Waterfront 5k. Aug. done
CANI 10 k. Oct. done
Base Borden Army Run 10k. done
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