HCcD's 2012 Ottawa Marathon Medal - Worth Puking For ...
HCcD's 2012 Ottawa Marathon Medal - Worth Puking For ...
The 2012 Ottawa Marathon is one that will definitely stand out, as one of the memorable marathons of my 28 marathons that I have completed ... No, I did not set a PB, but, I did end up leaving it all on the course, well at least on kilometer's 34, 36., 37 and 38 .. Not sure if it was something that I ate the past day or so, a bad gel or perhaps, one of the water stations that did not agree with me on the course, but, it was very unusual, as I usually consider myself having a cast-iron stomach ...
As a result, I ended finishing the last 8K in time of 1:16:xx ... yikes ... having said that, besides puking several times, I did slow the pace and walk quite a bit, as well as stopping to chat with friends along the course over the last 5K, for a minute or two at tines .... Ooops ...
One of the benefits of having friends on the course, provides you with support and motivation to push on .. and, on the other hand, when you are having a tough day, it also allows you to take short social breaks, to allow the body, mind and spirit to recover, as well .. Afterall, with any time goals already out the window .. just finishing the race is the only concern, and the actual finishing time does not really matter, anymore .... Having said that, I ended up crossing my 28th Marathon in 4:00:05 ...
When I first signed up for the Ottawa Marathon back in the spring, it was to serve as two possible options ... the first being to either celebrate a strong Vancouver Marathon result, only 3 weeks earlier, or as another attempt to BQ for Boston 2013 .. As things did not go as planned in Vancouver, the latter option kicked in ... even that was skirted a bit, as I ended straining my calf/gastrocs/soleus muscle last week, and spent the most of the last two weeks resting and/or taking very short runs, and even considered DNS'ng in the race, if things did not improve dramtically ... Thankfully, with appointments with my RMT from Absolute Massage Therapy and my Chiropractor ... I was good to go .. though, in the back of my mind, my confidence for achieving my time goal had diminished a bit, as a result ... as I also realized that attempting to race two marathons in a span of 3 weeks, may have been a bit over ambitious, in hindisght ....
Anyways, the decision was to be on the start line this morning and stay just ahead of the 3:30:xx pace bunny .. How long that would be, depended on how long my leg strain would take me today, but, I had to give it a shot ....
Arrived at the race site early in the morning, played my musical port-a-potty musical chairs .. then met up with Jesse, Jes, Carm, Andrea at the meeting point in front of Starbucks @Lord Elgin, and also spotted ChrisL, and David Daze from RM, as well as a bunch of other RM and peeps from K2J Fitness, as well as having members from my Euro-sports Running Team along the course was nice
We all parted ways and headed to our respective corrals about 10 minutes efore the start of the race .. Once the gun goes off, I fell into a nice rythm and took in my fluids/gels on a regular schedule ... Hit the 10K mark @48:14 ... feeling good ... then we hit the Western Parkway and into Gatineau ... still feeling good at 21.1K @1:43:25 .... held my pace for the Gatineau portion, but lost touch with the 3:30:xx pace bunny at about 25K,, then upon crossing the Alexandria Bridge and heading to Sussex, the sun came out behind the clouds, and it felt as if the temperature jumped 3-4 degrees quickly at about 27K... and, suddenly, I started to feeling it, and, continued on, on Sussex ... by kilometer 28, the 3:35 pace bunny had passed me and, the rest of the race was just about race management and, trying not to do anything st*pid and injure myself by pushing too hard, as I knew my race was over at 30K when my Garmin read 2:34:xx ....
It was then somewhere between 30-32K that I started to feel a bit o nausea, and wasn't sure if it was caused by the heat, something that I had consumed at a water station and/or a bad gel ?? And, finally at the 34K mark, I did something that I had never done before in a race ... I stopped and keeled over and puked ... yikes !! walked a bit there after, then started running again ... Just a few minutes later, I passed Kelodie .. stopped and chatted a bit, mentioned that I had puked, and she responded ... ".. just take it easy, Andy, and don't do anything st*pid .." ... good words of wisdom, that girl has ... At about 36K, I stopped and puked again, as well at 37K and at 38K ... Passed Nick and his Kanata Crew at about 28K, stopped and chatted a bit, then carried on ... then a few hundred meters later, heard a voice from the other side of the road, and it was a few peeps from my K2J Fitness Group, and, of course, I had to go over and stop and chat with them .. those stops actually me a bit, by giving my a bit of rest, but were "time suckers" ... At about the 40K mark or so, and it was David Grant, so I stopped chatted for a few seconds, before he told me to "... keep moving, and don't stop ..." as I would likely stiffen up ... anyhoo, just 2 more kilometers to go and I would be done ...
You will never know how long those last 2KM's felt ... It was nice seeing the countdown signs at 400m to go, then 300m, then 200m, then 100m and all of a sudden the Finish Line banner, just ahead ... heard the Finish LIne Hosts (John Stanton and ??) commenting that ...".. we just passed the 4 hour mark, but, for some, their chip time may still be under 4 hours ..." so, I picked it up as much as I could, and crossed at 4:00:05 ...
Marathon #28 is now in the books ...
As a result, I ended finishing the last 8K in time of 1:16:xx ... yikes ... having said that, besides puking several times, I did slow the pace and walk quite a bit, as well as stopping to chat with friends along the course over the last 5K, for a minute or two at tines .... Ooops ...
One of the benefits of having friends on the course, provides you with support and motivation to push on .. and, on the other hand, when you are having a tough day, it also allows you to take short social breaks, to allow the body, mind and spirit to recover, as well .. Afterall, with any time goals already out the window .. just finishing the race is the only concern, and the actual finishing time does not really matter, anymore .... Having said that, I ended up crossing my 28th Marathon in 4:00:05 ...
When I first signed up for the Ottawa Marathon back in the spring, it was to serve as two possible options ... the first being to either celebrate a strong Vancouver Marathon result, only 3 weeks earlier, or as another attempt to BQ for Boston 2013 .. As things did not go as planned in Vancouver, the latter option kicked in ... even that was skirted a bit, as I ended straining my calf/gastrocs/soleus muscle last week, and spent the most of the last two weeks resting and/or taking very short runs, and even considered DNS'ng in the race, if things did not improve dramtically ... Thankfully, with appointments with my RMT from Absolute Massage Therapy and my Chiropractor ... I was good to go .. though, in the back of my mind, my confidence for achieving my time goal had diminished a bit, as a result ... as I also realized that attempting to race two marathons in a span of 3 weeks, may have been a bit over ambitious, in hindisght ....
Anyways, the decision was to be on the start line this morning and stay just ahead of the 3:30:xx pace bunny .. How long that would be, depended on how long my leg strain would take me today, but, I had to give it a shot ....
Arrived at the race site early in the morning, played my musical port-a-potty musical chairs .. then met up with Jesse, Jes, Carm, Andrea at the meeting point in front of Starbucks @Lord Elgin, and also spotted ChrisL, and David Daze from RM, as well as a bunch of other RM and peeps from K2J Fitness, as well as having members from my Euro-sports Running Team along the course was nice
We all parted ways and headed to our respective corrals about 10 minutes efore the start of the race .. Once the gun goes off, I fell into a nice rythm and took in my fluids/gels on a regular schedule ... Hit the 10K mark @48:14 ... feeling good ... then we hit the Western Parkway and into Gatineau ... still feeling good at 21.1K @1:43:25 .... held my pace for the Gatineau portion, but lost touch with the 3:30:xx pace bunny at about 25K,, then upon crossing the Alexandria Bridge and heading to Sussex, the sun came out behind the clouds, and it felt as if the temperature jumped 3-4 degrees quickly at about 27K... and, suddenly, I started to feeling it, and, continued on, on Sussex ... by kilometer 28, the 3:35 pace bunny had passed me and, the rest of the race was just about race management and, trying not to do anything st*pid and injure myself by pushing too hard, as I knew my race was over at 30K when my Garmin read 2:34:xx ....
It was then somewhere between 30-32K that I started to feel a bit o nausea, and wasn't sure if it was caused by the heat, something that I had consumed at a water station and/or a bad gel ?? And, finally at the 34K mark, I did something that I had never done before in a race ... I stopped and keeled over and puked ... yikes !! walked a bit there after, then started running again ... Just a few minutes later, I passed Kelodie .. stopped and chatted a bit, mentioned that I had puked, and she responded ... ".. just take it easy, Andy, and don't do anything st*pid .." ... good words of wisdom, that girl has ... At about 36K, I stopped and puked again, as well at 37K and at 38K ... Passed Nick and his Kanata Crew at about 28K, stopped and chatted a bit, then carried on ... then a few hundred meters later, heard a voice from the other side of the road, and it was a few peeps from my K2J Fitness Group, and, of course, I had to go over and stop and chat with them .. those stops actually me a bit, by giving my a bit of rest, but were "time suckers" ... At about the 40K mark or so, and it was David Grant, so I stopped chatted for a few seconds, before he told me to "... keep moving, and don't stop ..." as I would likely stiffen up ... anyhoo, just 2 more kilometers to go and I would be done ...
You will never know how long those last 2KM's felt ... It was nice seeing the countdown signs at 400m to go, then 300m, then 200m, then 100m and all of a sudden the Finish Line banner, just ahead ... heard the Finish LIne Hosts (John Stanton and ??) commenting that ...".. we just passed the 4 hour mark, but, for some, their chip time may still be under 4 hours ..." so, I picked it up as much as I could, and crossed at 4:00:05 ...
Marathon #28 is now in the books ...
Race Results: http://itsmyrun.com/index.php?display=p ... unner=HCiD
Re: HCcD's 2012 Ottawa Marathon Medal - Worth Puking For ...
Congrats on Marathon 28! Sorry to hear that you left it all out on the course (in a bad way). Recover well and after a solid summer of training, I look forward to seeing how you do during your fall marathons. I still think that it was that stinky metallic water at that last water station in Gatineau. There was something off with that water.
Carm
HCcD's 2012 Ottawa Marathon Medal - Worth Puking For ...
Ugh- Andy! Only in reading this now did I know what you meant by "leaving it out there." That's never happened in any of the first 27, eh? Consider yourself lucky.
Bad break today but as I said in your journal, you have an amazing running spirit. Recover well- lots of Gatorade!!
Bad break today but as I said in your journal, you have an amazing running spirit. Recover well- lots of Gatorade!!
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HCcD's 2012 Ottawa Marathon Medal - Worth Puking For ...
I'm glad you listened to me, Andy. You had me worried when I saw you at 35k! All I could think about was Luc's race report and I really hoped you would slow down a bit and finish standing up.
Congratulations on your 28th marathon!
Congratulations on your 28th marathon!
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Ottawa Race Weekend 10K, May 24
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Plans for 2014:
Run for Women 5K, May 11
Ottawa Race Weekend 10K, May 24
Re: HCcD's 2012 Ottawa Marathon Medal - Worth Puking For ...
There must have been some bad water out there today! You and I puked, and Carm felt nauseous. Or the heat just brought it out.
I'm blaming the water, it makes me feel less wimpy
I'm blaming the water, it makes me feel less wimpy
If it ain’t broke, run through it -- Strider
Re: HCcD's 2012 Ottawa Marathon Medal - Worth Puking For ...
Andy, I didn't catch on to the "leaving it out there" either. Yikes, rest and recover. You know you'll be doing another one.
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jes wrote:There must have been some bad water out there today! You and I puked, and Carm felt nauseous. Or the heat just brought it out.
I'm blaming the water, it makes me feel less wimpy
I believe it was the water...
Good job getting it done Andy. Loved seeing you again!!!!!
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Re: HCcD's 2012 Ottawa Marathon Medal - Worth Puking For ...
Yikes! Well congrats on #28. You rock!
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You still rock Andy no matter the time. Hope your tummy settled this afternoon.
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Re: HCcD's 2012 Ottawa Marathon Medal - Worth Puking For ...
sorry it wasn't the day you hoped for! rest up!
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Re: HCcD's 2012 Ottawa Marathon Medal - Worth Puking For ...
You should write a book on the mental of the marathon and getting to the finish despite obstacles. I think you've faced them all and still made it across the finish line proud of your accomplishment. I bet John Stanton would publish it
Re: HCcD's 2012 Ottawa Marathon Medal - Worth Puking For ...
Most people would have quit after puking 3-4 times, but not you Andy. Tough guy congratuation!
Since we finish within a minute or two, did you see the guy at the 200m mark from the end who had a heart stopage or a heart attack? I almost trip on him as I did not realize that he was there.
Since we finish within a minute or two, did you see the guy at the 200m mark from the end who had a heart stopage or a heart attack? I almost trip on him as I did not realize that he was there.
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Re: HCcD's 2012 Ottawa Marathon Medal - Worth Puking For ...
I was kind of happy to hear that it was stomach issues and not your leg/foot/ankle stuff. REally bad break out there today but at least now that it's over, it's over and you can carry on. I've been there before and it's tough. But you stuck it out to get your medal and you are a role model for so many of us. Congrats on #28.
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Re: HCcD's 2012 Ottawa Marathon Medal - Worth Puking For ...
ChrisL wrote:Most people would have quit after puking 3-4 times, but not you Andy. Tough guy congratuation!
Since we finish within a minute or two, did you see the guy at the 200m mark from the end who had a heart stopage or a heart attack? I almost trip on him as I did not realize that he was there.
I did notice that runners having to swerve around, for whatever reason, and when I ran past at that point, I did notice a runner on the ground with at least 2-3 people around him ....
I was only 8K from the finish line, and was able to continue moving forward, and figured that it was likely faster to just walk it in, if I had to, with a 7 hour time limit, than to wait and hope for a paddy-wagon to come by, if at all ...
Race Results: http://itsmyrun.com/index.php?display=p ... unner=HCiD
Re: HCcD's 2012 Ottawa Marathon Medal - Worth Puking For ...
AndyM wrote:I was kind of happy to hear that it was stomach issues and not your leg/foot/ankle stuff. REally bad break out there today but at least now that it's over, it's over and you can carry on. I've been there before and it's tough. But you stuck it out to get your medal and you are a role model for so many of us. Congrats on #28.
Thanks Andrea ... though, I thought we had an agreement before the race started that you would pick me up and kick my @$$ to the finish line, when you ran passed me on the course ???
Race Results: http://itsmyrun.com/index.php?display=p ... unner=HCiD
Re: HCcD's 2012 Ottawa Marathon Medal - Worth Puking For ...
Hope it wasn't rude for me to basically tell you to get lost and keep moving along the course , but you looked like you were right at that breaking point where stopping for any length would have ended your race. Nice guts to soldier on to the finish line.
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Sorry it was a tough one.
28 marathons is impressive. Well done.
28 marathons is impressive. Well done.
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January - Richmond Road Races 10 km 41:06
March - St Patrick's Day 10 km 41:31
April - Minto Run for Reach half-marathon 1:28:56
May - Sporting Life 10 km - 41:10
May - Ottawa Marathon - 3:26:37
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Re: HCcD's 2012 Ottawa Marathon Medal - Worth Puking For ...
HCcD wrote:Thanks Andrea ... though, I thought we had an agreement before the race started that you would pick me up and kick my @$$ to the finish line, when you ran passed me on the course ???
ZRC member FAIL, AndyM! Hope you have been electrolyting up this afternoon and evening, Andy.
Carm
Re: HCcD's 2012 Ottawa Marathon Medal - Worth Puking For ...
Tough one out there Andy. But a positive that you had no calf issues and are able to train forward towards your summer races and marathons #29 and #30 to close out the year.
Re: HCcD's 2012 Ottawa Marathon Medal - Worth Puking For ...
fiddlesticks Andy. I said that too when I got the text from Size5 this morning with your time.
sorry it wasn't your day. you'll get it back. you know it.
sorry it wasn't your day. you'll get it back. you know it.
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Re: HCcD's 2012 Ottawa Marathon Medal - Worth Puking For ...
CinC wrote:fiddlesticks Andy. I said that too when I got the text from Size5 this morning with your time.
sorry it wasn't your day. you'll get it back. you know it.
Fiddlesticks is right. Sorry about your day, but I'm also glad to hear it's illness, not injury that messed up your day - much easier to recover from! Rest up & recover quickly!
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Re: HCcD's 2012 Ottawa Marathon Medal - Worth Puking For ...
You have to take the award for fulfilling the saying "leave it all on the course" YIKES.
I'm sorry that you had such a tough day but am in awe that you pushed through and finished the damn thing.
Rest up and feel better.
I'm sorry that you had such a tough day but am in awe that you pushed through and finished the damn thing.
Rest up and feel better.
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Re: HCcD's 2012 Ottawa Marathon Medal - Worth Puking For ...
Andy, seriously, you deserve a Boston break! I guess that is leaving it all out there. Your raced tons, one day it will be your day the way you hope!
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Re: HCcD's 2012 Ottawa Marathon Medal - Worth Puking For ...
WOW ANdy -- I had not caught on before how rough your marathon actually was -- you are one TOUGH cookie!! HOpe you are recovering well today..... take care.....
2014:
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Sept/Oct - 50 miler
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Dec - Reggae Marathon in Jamaica
Re: HCcD's 2012 Ottawa Marathon Medal - Worth Puking For ...
Wow!
I said it in Carm's report. As I was reading reports of tummy troubles for many of you yesterday, I was wondering if there was something going on!
I too am glad it's not an injury!
Hope you're feeling better today!
Congrats on another one in the books!
I said it in Carm's report. As I was reading reports of tummy troubles for many of you yesterday, I was wondering if there was something going on!
I too am glad it's not an injury!
Hope you're feeling better today!
Congrats on another one in the books!
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