I used to wear the heart rate strap and often went over 200 (according to the device) in the finishing straight of my races. As a 39 year old the formulas say my max is in the 180s. I don't wear the strap any more as I don't train by heart rate and the data was just not the interesting/useful to me.

Sounds like a great race. I too end up racing a "guy in white" or whatever. It's easy to get stuck behind someone and then lulled into their pace. Best to just tick them off as you blast past them. That fast last km should give you a lot of confidence that you can pick it up earlier in the...

How does that 5:20 pace feel? Could you carry on a normal conversation at that pace without huffing and puffing or breaking up words? If so then that pace is likely your easy pace. If not then you need to slow it down and it just comes down to discipline and watching your garmin (do you have one?). ...

QuickChick wrote:...while pregnant...

Congratulations btw!

I notice some were drinking from cans, some bottles. I find it easier to drink faster from a can so Pat's race is even more impressive from my standpoint.

Did you have rules for %alc content and volume or was it pretty lax on that score?

Double Bellybuster wrote:
I guess I am spilling the story...

Not the only thing you spilled by the looks of it...

Did he beat Ed Whitlock?

Great that you are back racing. Soon you will start fast and finish fast and break 30 minutes! Well done...

Yeah! Leaving it all out on the course!! Go you, you just earned your technicolor stripes!!

Great race in the pouring rain today in Barrie. Finished in 1:44:56 which was good enough for a 3rd page age group finish and a 14th place finish for females and 83/495 overall. This is about a 3 minute PB for me as well. Very happy with this result. Ran a 4:56/km pace for 16K then dropped to 4:57/...

Podiumed at the Ultimate Run for Men's Cancers 15km.

2nd AG (30-39), 7th overall, 5th male.

1:11:48 and a nice silver medal!

I run past rivers, streams, fountains, beach showers, kids water parks etc and soak my cap or buff and put it back on my head. Feels heavenly on a really hot day.

29 is excellent for a first 5km race, congrats!!

I got 29 in my first ever 5km too and did the couch to 5km to train for it so you are in good company.

So...what is the next challenge?

Great race! Enjoyed the report, congrats on a well planned and well executed trail race!

How does it feel to be an ultra-marathoner??

Great race, as you said, it was similar to mine. You are progressing so well that you will smash the 4-hour barrier next time out!!

This is weird. Last year in Victoria I also had an 11 min PB, within a minute of your time, with pretty much identical strategy and splits but with more leg buckling. It's like I have an Ottawa doppelganger. Congratulations on your success! :lol: That IS odd! How do you feel about your strategy, do...

great report! congratulations again. How did your friends do? One came it at 4:43 the other at 4:45 (extra pottie stop :lol: ). Both were very happy! It's hard to say whether starting at 3:45 pace would have allowed you to keep a consistent pace the whole time. I wish there was some way to do that ...

jes wrote:I think we had exactly the same race, you were just 20 min ahead of me

Yeah, that climb up into Rockliffe, and then the steep descents on tired/sore legs were killer...

I think we had exactly the same race, you were just 20 min ahead of me :) Great race! Congratulations for sticking out the last 12k. +11min PB is huge :D (btw, typo near the end..."I was about to break 4:44 and smash my personal best in the process." -- I think you mean 3:44?) Oops thanks...

PRE-RACE I got up early and picked up two out-of-towners; friends of a friend of mine who were both attempting their first marathon. We had a good chat on the way in to town and I tried to help them with my local knowledge of the course and where to go and what to expect. I left out what it feels t...

My plan at the moment for my crack at sub-1:40 in the HM is to incorporate a gentle ramping up of speed towards the end of my longer runs (maintaining good form) to simulate faster running on tired legs...

This is a very interesting discussion and pertinent to me. 9 minute positive split on Sunday (1:47/1:56). I have only run 2 marathons so don't have very much experience at all and earmarked 3:45 to be my goal (calculators for my HM put me at 3:35). I decided to test just how good my endurance was b...

This is a very interesting discussion and pertinent to me. 9 minute positive split on Sunday (1:47/1:56). I have only run 2 marathons so don't have very much experience at all and earmarked 3:45 to be my goal (calculators for my HM put me at 3:35). I decided to test just how good my endurance was by...

I was under pace for the first km or 2 (due to congestion early on) then worked my way down to the target pace by about 4km, and held steady the rest of the way. I wanted to run it at 5:03/km, which is a bit under 3:35 pace, but I figured that you never get all the tangents right, so if I stuck rig...

Race Photos are up!!