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Gold Coast Marathon 2012
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01 July 2012
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Gold Coast Marathon 2012
On Friday night with an hour to go I entered the Gold Coast Marathon. The flights booked did not come in till 7:30 so Keith (Buzz) kindly offered to pick up my kit and I met him Saturday night to collect it. I came up late just to make sure 19b got through his rugby match and he was to come up with Jenny following a night out after the game.
The late decision to run was based on my foot. Strangely I thought a slow 4-5 hours would be better than a fast half. The other option was to not run at all. With three months till the CP 50 I thought even if I trashed my foot I should have time to recover. In the last week my foot has been sore and I have not been running, so I thought what the heck - when in Rome do the Marathon that is on.
Also on Friday I picked up a Salomon SLab and decided to run with it to see how it went. Also it meant I could just go to the start and it have to bag my gear. I packed it with one Gatorade, a couple of gels, water, salt tablets and a few bars for the run.
Summary version. The first half marathon went for ages and finally did it in 2:18. I was just being very cautious with my foot. I was running with a short stride and a higher cadence- when I could. Also I tried to make sure my feet landed evenly on the ground no heel or forefoot first. If anything I landed more towards my big toe. Started to feel my foot at 30 km and at that stage I was doing 9 km per hour to 27 km. By the time I reached 35 km I had to revert to Plan B to get under 5 hours.
I did not have a plan until then. It was hurting to walk rather than run but I needed to walk a bit to engage different muscles. I needed 8 minute km to do 5 hours. So at 35 km I stopped and walked for 3 minutes then ran for 12 minutes. As soon as I ran again I felt better. Then I did another 12 minutes and walked again just after the final turnaround. At this stage I had pegged back some time due to the walking.
The sun was now behind me and I was focussing on my shadow in front of me and noticed I was running more freely. For the first time I thought I might make it under 5 hours- but I was going to have to dig in a bit. 20 minutes earlier it was not going to happen - the plan was working but now I had no time for walking. Anyway I made it.
4:57: 55 gun time
4:23 to start
12:17 - 16:41
12:59 - 29:41
5:58 - 35:39 - 5km
5:57 - 41:36
6:01- 47:37
6:08 - 53:46
6:20- 1:07
6:20- 1:06:27 - 10 km
6:14- 1:12:41
6:13- 1:18:55
6:33- 1:25:28
6:07- 1:31:36
6:21- 1:37:57- 15km
7:06- 1:45:03
6:25- 1:51:29
6:12- 1:57:41
6:33- 2:04:15
7:10- 2:11:26- 20 km
7:10- 2:18:36 21 km
6:44- 2:31:56
7:12- 2:39:09
7:00- 2:46:10
8:00- 2:54:14 - 25 km
7:44- 3:01:58
7:03- 3:09:02
7:44- 3:16:47
7:35- 3:24:22 - 29 km
23:28- 3:47:51
7:51- 3:55:42
8:03- 4:03:46
9:04- 4:12:51
8:42- 4:21:33
14:51- 4:36:23
7:05- 4:43:29
7:00- 4:50:29
6:18- 4:56:48
1:07- 4:57:56
Finished the race running harder than the time indicates but the last few km pulled back the time to get under 5 hours. Spent an hour with my foot in ice at the finish talking to Sue S before heading to the club catch up with friends.
Have pulled up well and will be fine for the next outing in three months time. I am glad I went for it and did the run. Pretty keen to get the foot fully recovered now. M
Cheers Plu
On Friday night with an hour to go I entered the Gold Coast Marathon. The flights booked did not come in till 7:30 so Keith (Buzz) kindly offered to pick up my kit and I met him Saturday night to collect it. I came up late just to make sure 19b got through his rugby match and he was to come up with Jenny following a night out after the game.
The late decision to run was based on my foot. Strangely I thought a slow 4-5 hours would be better than a fast half. The other option was to not run at all. With three months till the CP 50 I thought even if I trashed my foot I should have time to recover. In the last week my foot has been sore and I have not been running, so I thought what the heck - when in Rome do the Marathon that is on.
Also on Friday I picked up a Salomon SLab and decided to run with it to see how it went. Also it meant I could just go to the start and it have to bag my gear. I packed it with one Gatorade, a couple of gels, water, salt tablets and a few bars for the run.
Summary version. The first half marathon went for ages and finally did it in 2:18. I was just being very cautious with my foot. I was running with a short stride and a higher cadence- when I could. Also I tried to make sure my feet landed evenly on the ground no heel or forefoot first. If anything I landed more towards my big toe. Started to feel my foot at 30 km and at that stage I was doing 9 km per hour to 27 km. By the time I reached 35 km I had to revert to Plan B to get under 5 hours.
I did not have a plan until then. It was hurting to walk rather than run but I needed to walk a bit to engage different muscles. I needed 8 minute km to do 5 hours. So at 35 km I stopped and walked for 3 minutes then ran for 12 minutes. As soon as I ran again I felt better. Then I did another 12 minutes and walked again just after the final turnaround. At this stage I had pegged back some time due to the walking.
The sun was now behind me and I was focussing on my shadow in front of me and noticed I was running more freely. For the first time I thought I might make it under 5 hours- but I was going to have to dig in a bit. 20 minutes earlier it was not going to happen - the plan was working but now I had no time for walking. Anyway I made it.
4:57: 55 gun time
4:23 to start
12:17 - 16:41
12:59 - 29:41
5:58 - 35:39 - 5km
5:57 - 41:36
6:01- 47:37
6:08 - 53:46
6:20- 1:07
6:20- 1:06:27 - 10 km
6:14- 1:12:41
6:13- 1:18:55
6:33- 1:25:28
6:07- 1:31:36
6:21- 1:37:57- 15km
7:06- 1:45:03
6:25- 1:51:29
6:12- 1:57:41
6:33- 2:04:15
7:10- 2:11:26- 20 km
7:10- 2:18:36 21 km
6:44- 2:31:56
7:12- 2:39:09
7:00- 2:46:10
8:00- 2:54:14 - 25 km
7:44- 3:01:58
7:03- 3:09:02
7:44- 3:16:47
7:35- 3:24:22 - 29 km
23:28- 3:47:51
7:51- 3:55:42
8:03- 4:03:46
9:04- 4:12:51
8:42- 4:21:33
14:51- 4:36:23
7:05- 4:43:29
7:00- 4:50:29
6:18- 4:56:48
1:07- 4:57:56
Finished the race running harder than the time indicates but the last few km pulled back the time to get under 5 hours. Spent an hour with my foot in ice at the finish talking to Sue S before heading to the club catch up with friends.
Have pulled up well and will be fine for the next outing in three months time. I am glad I went for it and did the run. Pretty keen to get the foot fully recovered now. M
Cheers Plu
