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Around the Bay '09 - Race Report

Printer friendly version Posted on: Monday March 30 10:47:27 AM
Around the Bay '09 - Race Report This was my 2nd running of this race, the first being last year coming off an injury and ran a safe 2:35. This year, feeling better and stronger I was hoping to run under 2:15 (good for the silver medal) but went in slightly under the weather with upset stomach and a night on the home based port-o-potty. I am sure missing out on carbo loading replaced by 'unloading' had a bit of affect on my results. I was only a minute behind pace at the halfway mark but knew the 2nd half, being as tough at it is, and not being able to stomach Gatorade or gels, I was in trouble. The rain and puddles weighed my shoes down big time (as I really noticed after I took them off!).This put a damper on the 2nd half but I held on for a decent finishing time of 2:19:09. This keeps me on track for a 3:20 marathon in 6 weeks so I am hopeful still to qualify for Boston this spring.

Of course, it is always so great to see the kids hanging out for a high-five near the finish giving me that needed boost to finish strong. It was particularly nice because I was expecting them to be inside the stadium, not on the street.

Overall crowd support this year was slightly down but still surprisingly good despite the cold and rain. I overheard many people saying 'man, it must be tough for these runners to run today. I tell you, I'd rather be running and moving around than standing still at the sidelines!

This is normally a really well spoken of race, but the weather took a bit away from that. Finishing in the Copps Coliseum with runners announced and filmed on the jumbo-tron is quite nice and always great for meeting up with other runners and family as well as staying dry and warm before & after the race. I thought the post race food was exceptional with a bagful of goodies, juice, water, fruit, bars, snacks. Decent bronze medals (the silver would be better! - next year for sure)

I especially enjoy racing more and more these days since our local running community has grown so much and more and more familiar faces are showing up and meeting up at each event. I was very impressed with everyone's results and there were some great first efforts at this particular event.

Here are my gory details/stats on this race:

Date: 3/29/2009 9:30 AM
Type: Race
Course: Around the Bay
Distance: 30 kilometers
Duration: 2:19:09
Pace: 4:39 / kilometer
Field Placement: 340 / 6500 (5.2%)
Age group: 40 – 44
Group Placement: 70 / 433 (16.2%)
Gender Placement: 296 / 2618 (11.3%

Elevation chart:

Run those hills!
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