What Ken said. No small achievement! Paul On Jun 2, 2013, at 11:28 PM, [email protected] wrote:
> Congratulations ! > > An accomplishment any way you look at it. > > Kenneth Waller > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Mann" <[email protected]> > Subject: OT: Marathon > > > The Christchurch Marathon was held today and I ran it as my first marathon. > I've done a few half marathons and decided it was time to step up the > distance. > > The infamous Northwest wind came up which meant that the conditions were > quite warm and VERY dry with blustery winds. The Nor'wester, as we call it, > i's a Föhn wind and most of the country, except for the Canterbury Plains, > gets pouring rain. We get heat and strong winds with very low humidity. It's > one of my favourite features of this area. > > The event has historically been held through the old 1974 Commonwealth Games > course following the Avon River through the city but with so much being > closed off since the earthquakes they are now running it out at the airport, > with the airport as naming sponsor. The airport, being on the outskirts of > the city, is very exposed to the weather so the wind made the running pretty > hard on large parts of the course. Todays winning time was about 20 minutes > slower than usual. > > I'd had a fairly aggressive 12-week training plan from my coach and was > struggling a bit with small injuries towards the end so I wasn't sure if I'd > even finish. > > Pace-wise I was on track to meet my target time of about 3hrs45min until I > got to about 25km when I found myself getting into a little difficulty due to > dehydration. I'd been drinking two cups of fluid at every aid station but it > just wasn't enough in the conditions. At the next station I took 3 cups and > had one of my gels which perked me up pretty quickly but I only held a good > pace until 30km. From then on it was a roller coaster ride of just making it > to the next aid station without walking. I jogged the last 3km or so pretty > slowly but made it there in the end, finishing in 4:13. > > I'm not disappointed with my time given the conditions but in hindsight I > should have sent some personal bottles to a few aid stations just to keep the > fluids up. The data logging in my running watch runs out at 4:30 so I'm glad > I was faster than that. > > Next stop is a half ironman race in November, then it's Challenge Wanaka next > January. Wanaka is my big target event and today was part of the training > programme for it. I did the half-distance race there this year in brutal > conditions. I am really going to suffer there next year but I've paid my > entry fee so I'm committed to it. > > I've been talking to my coach about the training programme and we're doing a > 3-month strength programme to build a better platform for doing the future > long-distance training without injury. But until then, I get a week off. > > And yes I am currently a member of the Ministry of Silly Walks. > > Cheers, > Dave > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
