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Hamilton Marathon 2009 - mini Race Report

Printer friendly version Posted on: Sunday November 01 02:39:56 PM
3:28:43 is how I finished my 4th marathon of the season, 3rd in 3 weeks. 'B' goal was not to break into pieces during the race. 'A' goal was to run 3:29 - which would make it my 2nd best marathon time.

That I did, cool weather, windy, but not as bad as last year. It is a fast course which I pretty much coasted through it enjoying each step. Well, almost every step, after 23 miles, the leg fatigue set in and I had to fight to maintain pace to run under 3:30. It was different this time, all the wind in the world, just no leg turnover. If I relaxed, I would slow right down, I really had to focus. It did feel good to finish this one.

I didn't see many costumes (is it sacrilegious to dress up the day after Halloween?) but the pace bunnies were actually pace 'devils' - cool.

Some of our other running group were there with some great results. PB for Sari in the half, an almost PB from Fred. Anita also ran the half (her third in 3 weeks) Army Mark, Efraim, Ray and Melanie from the clinic ran the marathon. Hopefully they will contribute their thoughts to the Forum.


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 Posted by Dave on: Sunday November 01 02:39:56 PM

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email icon   comment bubble Matt Sylvain
 
Way to go Dave. And congrats to all who ran Hamilton yesterday, too. Part of me wanted to be there, but then the 'wise' part of me won over the 'runner' part of me (I did do the Niagara Falls marathon just seven days earlier).

Yesterday I did do some running related things(besides go for a 17K run in the morning): I signed up for Around the Bay (30K event); and met with the group of people I'm doing ENDURrun 2010 with.

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Posted on: Monday November 02 10:28 AM
email icon   www link icon  comment bubble Dave
 
Well Matt, I think you could have done it, but yes, we should listen to our bodies!

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Posted on: Monday November 02 11:36 AM
www link icon  comment bubble runshorts
 
Wow!  So #3 was the fastest of the 3 in 3 weeks?  Colour me impressed.  Two was more than enough for me and my tired legs.

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Posted on: Tuesday November 03 06:04 PM
email icon   comment bubble Dave
 
Yep, 3rd time's a charm. Fastest of the 4 in 5 weeks. 2nd fastest ever.

Going into withdrawal now.

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Posted on: Tuesday November 03 08:44 PM