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Chilly Half Marathon - Race Report

Printer friendly version Posted on: Sunday March 01 09:51:19 PM
Chilly Half Marathon - Race Report This past 2 weeks have been rough. Fighting off a 2nd cold this winter has put a damper on the recent training. Anita having to spend 11 days away from home was an issue for her training as well. I was not happy with my last few runs and had been feeling quite tired. Anita's leg, the one that has caused her troubles for almost a year, was tight and sore after all her travelling.

This brought us to this morning's race. Could we do it? Hell ya.

Weather Report: Cold, -8c at Race start, windy from the north and east, affecting most of the first half of the race but helping a bit in the final 8kms.

Despite the bitter cold and wind, and troubled sleep (loooonger story) we were able to get through this half marathon and actually enjoy it. The Chili Half is always a good event and this year was no exception. Very good crowd, full of smiling runner's faces.

Anita. despite her minimized training of late and very hectic days, was able to finish in 2:26 treating this race as a long training run and feeling better than she has after a long run in a long time.

I was fortunate enough to race this morning at the very end of my cold and was able to give it a good shot, finishing in 1:33:59, a 45 second personal best. It was also the first race in 18 months I ran by feel and not using the aid of a GPS watch to monitor my pace. I was quite happy about that.

This race was well attended by fellow Running Room people all who seemed to have as much fun as we did, one in particular, our good pal Nir, who ran a personal best of 1:39:55.

So end this portion of this marathon training. Now we head into some heavier workouts including hills which will lead us to the next race - Hamilton's 30K Around the Bay which should be another great event.

On a slightly different, good samaratin note, Ron Kreuger from our clinic, along with a good friend of mine, Dave P from Oakville, teamed up to Guide Duff's mate from the Achilles Track Club. Their prospect was Delano Brown, a visually impaired runner who was aiming to run in 2hourrs and they got in pretty close to that. Way tp go to those men for stepping up in a time if need!

Now for a well deserved early night to bed!
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