Free running hat, long sleeve T, great bag of swag, nice medal and great variety of good food after the race. I'm for sure running Grimsby Half next year.
The Report
Up at 4:45am!! drive to St.Catharines (about 1.5 hours) arrive in loads of time. Pick up up kit, talk to EdFizz a bit. We warm up together, 2k easy out and back along the route.
Before the start I introduce myself to OneStep and then line up near the front. My goal is 1:25:xx, Doonst thought I could do it so I'm going to try. Honestly going into this race I thought it was a long shot and I was hoping to just PB.
We start, I'm feeling relaxed at my pace but it's only about 4:05, that's not going to get me to 1:25. I'm running in a small pack, and decide to pull away, slowly I catch up to runners ahead of me one at a time. Now I'm getting comfortable with a sub 4:00 pace, I've never felt this comfortable at this pace. The course is generally flat, a bit of slight inclines and declines, and one section of about 3k of small rollers.
At 15k I decide to just hold pace until 17k then I'll start pushing more.
Pass a couple more guys then I set my sights on trying to pass the #2 female before the finish. She eludes me for a long time but I finally over take her in the last km.
Only one picture of me was found.
How 'bout those yeller shoes. I left that girl in my dust.
Finished, I had a great run, new PB by about 3:30!, 2nd for my age group,
Met Redhead and chatted with EdFizz and OneStep again.
EdFizz hung out with me for the awards presentation, thanks I appreciate that.
This totally pumps me up for the Hamilton Marathon Nov 4th, is Sub 3 possible?
Chip time 1:24:26 PB
Age Group 2/26
Overall 17th
Splits (Garmin recorded 21.18k)
5k - 20:18
10k - 20:15
15k - 19:53
20k - 19:39
1k - 3:48
.1k - :34
Another PB. Sounds like you ran a smart race as usual.
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