I wasn't expecting fantastic performance during this race. I am starting my base building for Muskoka in September, and this past Monday I did my first 100K long bike ride. So I was planning long time ago that it will be just a good training run.
I knew also that Sheldon will be racing and I wanted to do better against him than last year. Last year we were running together for about 20K and than he took off, gaining more than 3 minutes in the last 5K. I was suffering in the last 5K, it was my first trial race.
This time was slightly different we didn't run together, instead I was 15-50 meters behind Sheldon for the most of the 15K, and than I lost him from my view. I was straggling a little for a few km, but around 20K I calculated that I can have a PB if I push myself hard. So I did. I had strong 5K. I was hoping to see Sheldon near the end, but he is in good shape this year and crossed the finish line much earlier. On a slightly changed course I improved my last year result of 2:16:52 (24.55K according to GPS) to 2:16:28 (24.7K on my GPS).
The theme of this year was UltraQueenga running her 100 miles with Viking. I saw Kinga on the course, it was near the 20K she has been running 3.5 hours and she was smiling, fresh and light on her legs.
I saw many maniacs some running, some cheering, some running and cheering and helping Kinga, like Tracy (MINI-T) who after finishing her 10K, will be running one 20K loop with Kinga in the middle of the night - Good Luck to both of you.
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For a training run a PB is a pretty good result.
Well done!
Well done!
2009 Highlights
Marathon - 2:54:05 (Mar 22 - Tokyo)
Half - 1:20:00 (Apr 26 - Hartwell)
5k - 17:09 (Acura 5k - Jul 19)
800m - 2:16.80 (York U - Jul 28 )
Now - Getting back my running fitness
My training log
Why practice running slow? It comes naturally!
"There are two types of injuries that we older runners get: those that we can run with and those that we can't. And if you're over 30 and don't have one or the other, you aren't training hard enough." - Younger Legs blog
Marathon - 2:54:05 (Mar 22 - Tokyo)
Half - 1:20:00 (Apr 26 - Hartwell)
5k - 17:09 (Acura 5k - Jul 19)
800m - 2:16.80 (York U - Jul 28 )
Now - Getting back my running fitness
My training log
Why practice running slow? It comes naturally!
"There are two types of injuries that we older runners get: those that we can run with and those that we can't. And if you're over 30 and don't have one or the other, you aren't training hard enough." - Younger Legs blog
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Nice one Wes. I think the theme for you this year is"seconds faster." (he did a 5 second PB at Mississauga half recently.) The big difference this time was your strong finish- you cut the time between us in half. That is a good sign. So, until we meet again!
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Come into the light of one fine day
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One fine day
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So all you sinners come out
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nice run!!
Mississauga Marathon - 2:52
Around the Bay - 1:58
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Around the Bay - 1:58
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"If I'm running, it will be a good run" - Robbie-T
"I just hope that people look at it and say, 'Hey if this yahoo can do it, then I can do it too.' That'd be cool if people thought that. It's just a matter of putting the miles in and working. It's not so much how much talent you have. I hope." - Brian Sell.
"To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the Gift." - Pre
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