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marathon report
Lacking any stories about ski races lately I thought I'd share this one...
Traverse City Michigan - Unique spot for a running marathon. You start right next to the high school track and by the mile marker you are running along Lake Michigan - the third largest of our great lakes. TC also has the North American Vasa ski marathon - won by our very own Nathan Schultz a few years back. (2?) With a starting time of 7am, cool temps are always assured and today was no different. Race temp @ the starting line was 48 deg. I sat in my van listening to some iTunes and relaxing until about 10 minutes before race start (1400 entries today) the jogged to the line. I situated myself in the top 50 or so runners and asked around for peoples goal time - it ranged from 3:00 to 3:30 so I figured I was in the right spot. 3 minutes later, bang and we're off. Going along lake Michigan is very scenic and nice. A cool lake breeze just light enough to keep you comfortable was there the whole race and at a couple points I got a tad cold. Then the sun popped out and I got a little hot. But, overall, perfect temps running along the shoreline. Caught up in the excitement I run a silly 6:40 first mile. Geez, you'd think an experienced 39 yr. old distance runner and coach would know better than to go out too hard, but I did it anyway. My training has gone much better than my last marathon (2 yrs ago, same course 3:21) so I thought I could meet the Boston Qualifier (3:15). Second mile 6:50, third 7:00, lots of people passing me as I slowly eased back to a better pace time. @ ten miles I hit 61 minutes = 7:06/mile - still too fast if I wanted to finish still standing. The Bayshore marathon is out and back so at the turn around I hit 1:33:30 - on pace fot 3:07 if I could hold the pace. By mile 16 I began to get some tired legs. I had eased back to 7:20 miles but still felt some deadness in my quads and calves. My breathing was fine. I've got a great endurance base from years of running (25 to be exact) and lots of racing this winter ( I cross country ski race all our of great snow filled, northern Michigan season) so my breathing was fine. Not enough long runs this season was, however, beginning to take its toll. At mile 16 I decided to purposely slow down just to hold on to a decent finish. 7:30, 7:20, 7:30, 7:40 went the miles until 20. At twenty a few people started to come back to me. I thought I went out to hard but these guys went out WAY to hard !! ouch. One guy was just sitting on the ground next to the race course. I said "need a Gu" - he just said "no" and sat there. Glad I wasnt feeling that bad ! About mile 21 I caught a guy going real slow. I made the decision to run with him for a few miles just to preserve my legs. As long as I hit 7:50's for the last 5 miles I was still sub 3:15 and qualified. We went 8:05 then 8:10 then 8:00 - ouch, slow. I new if I stuck with him I wouldnt make it... so I picked it up a tad and went 7:45, 7:50.... ONE MILE TO GO. I quickly calculated i needed a 7:20 + a pace of the same for the last 285 yards. HEre we go.... no legs left, breathing hard... I pumped out a 7:20 and had a finish time of 3:14:52 !!!!!!!! EIGHT SECONDS TO SPARE !!! Race temp at finish 58 deg. perfect. Boston here I come. I walked slowly to my van, hopped in and drove home. The kids helped me out of the van since walking was difficult and my wife had a pasta lunch waiting then big fat steak for dinner followed by a nice Fosters oil can. Motrin for breakfast this a.m. JK |
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Hey, good job. It's always funny how over a long distance like that it
comes down to a few seconds. I think my first Boston qualifiying time was 3:09:46 or something. When I was running a lot in my 20s (and about 40 lbs lighter) all of my running buddies had a story of missing 3hrs by a couple of seconds or so. Mine was 3:00:09 one year at Marine Corps - my finisher foto shows me giving the finger to the timing clock overhead (nice - didn't give that one to mom). Another friend boasted a 3:00:03. Maybe I'll see you in Hopkinton this year. But then there's that hamstring, the baby, and geez, 7:25 miles are about 2 minutes faster than my training pace now.... :-) bt |
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Nicely done!
I love reading 'real life' marathon reports. Much more fun than the guy who goes out at 6:05s and finishes strong with 4 consecutive sub-6 miles! Marsh Jones |
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Very nice work to finish with 8 seconds to spare on the qualifier.
If you come to Boston be sure to let me know. We'll cheer for you! Rob Bradlee --- 32 degrees wrote: Lacking any stories about ski races lately I thought I'd share this one... Traverse City Michigan - Unique spot for a running marathon. You start right next to the high school track and by the mile marker you are running along Lake Michigan - the third largest of our great lakes. TC also has the North American Vasa ski marathon - won by our very own Nathan Schultz a few years back. (2?) With a starting time of 7am, cool temps are always assured and today was no different. Race temp @ the starting line was 48 deg. I sat in my van listening to some iTunes and relaxing until about 10 minutes before race start (1400 entries today) the jogged to the line. I situated myself in the top 50 or so runners and asked around for peoples goal time - it ranged from 3:00 to 3:30 so I figured I was in the right spot. 3 minutes later, bang and we're off. Going along lake Michigan is very scenic and nice. A cool lake breeze just light enough to keep you comfortable was there the whole race and at a couple points I got a tad cold. Then the sun popped out and I got a little hot. But, overall, perfect temps running along the shoreline. Caught up in the excitement I run a silly 6:40 first mile. Geez, you'd think an experienced 39 yr. old distance runner and coach would know better than to go out too hard, but I did it anyway. My training has gone much better than my last marathon (2 yrs ago, same course 3:21) so I thought I could meet the Boston Qualifier (3:15). Second mile 6:50, third 7:00, lots of people passing me as I slowly eased back to a better pace time. @ ten miles I hit 61 minutes = 7:06/mile - still too fast if I wanted to finish still standing. The Bayshore marathon is out and back so at the turn around I hit 1:33:30 - on pace fot 3:07 if I could hold the pace. By mile 16 I began to get some tired legs. I had eased back to 7:20 miles but still felt some deadness in my quads and calves. My breathing was fine. I've got a great endurance base from years of running (25 to be exact) and lots of racing this winter ( I cross country ski race all our of great snow filled, northern Michigan season) so my breathing was fine. Not enough long runs this season was, however, beginning to take its toll. At mile 16 I decided to purposely slow down just to hold on to a decent finish. 7:30, 7:20, 7:30, 7:40 went the miles until 20. At twenty a few people started to come back to me. I thought I went out to hard but these guys went out WAY to hard !! ouch. One guy was just sitting on the ground next to the race course. I said "need a Gu" - he just said "no" and sat there. Glad I wasnt feeling that bad ! About mile 21 I caught a guy going real slow. I made the decision to run with him for a few miles just to preserve my legs. As long as I hit 7:50's for the last 5 miles I was still sub 3:15 and qualified. We went 8:05 then 8:10 then 8:00 - ouch, slow. I new if I stuck with him I wouldnt make it... so I picked it up a tad and went 7:45, 7:50.... ONE MILE TO GO. I quickly calculated i needed a 7:20 + a pace of the same for the last 285 yards. HEre we go.... no legs left, breathing hard... I pumped out a 7:20 and had a finish time of 3:14:52 !!!!!!!! EIGHT SECONDS TO SPARE !!! Race temp at finish 58 deg. perfect. Boston here I come. I walked slowly to my van, hopped in and drove home. The kids helped me out of the van since walking was difficult and my wife had a pasta lunch waiting then big fat steak for dinner followed by a nice Fosters oil can. Motrin for breakfast this a.m. JK Rob Bradlee Java, C++, Perl, XML, OOAD, Linux, and Unix Training |
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On 30/5/05 12:07 am, "Marsh Jones"
wrote: Nicely done! I love reading 'real life' marathon reports. Much more fun than the guy who goes out at 6:05s and finishes strong with 4 consecutive sub-6 miles! Marsh Jones I agree, first person accounts are always interesting even if, like me, you have no intention of doing the event. BTW re e-mail and news group replies, someone asked what "e-mail client" I used. I use entourage on a mac os x Even more BTW why did you call it a "client"? I'm curious about the way language evolves. |
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On 30 May 2005 03:20:40 -0700, (Andrew
Bolger) wrote: I agree, first person accounts are always interesting even if, like me, you have no intention of doing the event. BTW re e-mail and news group replies, someone asked what "e-mail client" I used. I use entourage on a mac os x Even more BTW why did you call it a "client"? I'm curious about the way language evolves. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Client_%28computing%29 Also, rec.running. JT **************************** Remove "remove" to reply Visit http://www.jt10000.com **************************** |
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Andrew Bolger wrote:
I agree, first person accounts are always interesting even if, like me, you have no intention of doing the event. BTW re e-mail and news group replies, someone asked what "e-mail client" I used. I use entourage on a mac os x Even more BTW why did you call it a "client"? I'm curious about the way language evolves. Nice effort, JK! I don't know about the Mac world these days, so I can't speak to the way your email or newsgroup app works. Yes, language is evolving. A client in the computer world is, per Merriam-Webster, "A computer in a network that uses the services (as access to files or shared peripherals) provided by a server." That would include browsers, FTP apps, email apps, or any other application that gets its info from a server. See http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&l...=define:client. Gene |
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I don't know about the Mac world these days, so I can't speak to the way your email or newsgroup app works. Yes, language is evolving. A client in the computer world is, per Merriam-Webster, "A computer in a network that uses the services (as access to files or shared peripherals) provided by a server." That would include browsers, FTP apps, email apps, or any other application that gets its info from a server. See http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&l...=define:client. Gene Thank you |
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Did you have a calculator with you or smth? Nice job.
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JK
For some trail fun this summer you should make the trek to the Keweenaw for the Keweenaw Trail Running Festival. A 10K, 6K Hill Climb and 25K all in just over 24 hrs. The 10K and 25K courses are new this year, everything is now in Keweenaw County. There have been some "bugs" in previous years but I think/hope all of that is worked out. Regardless of bugs the races are always fun, getting an accurate timely time is another question. http://keweenawtrails.com/events/trailfest/index.htm Now that I write this I seem to recall you mentioned the Grand Island Marathon a few months ago, the timing of the two is not too conducive to running both (one week a part I think). Dave "32 degrees" wrote in message ... Lacking any stories about ski races lately I thought I'd share this one... Traverse City Michigan - Unique spot for a running marathon. You start right next to the high school track and by the mile marker you are running along Lake Michigan - the third largest of our great lakes. TC also has the North American Vasa ski marathon - won by our very own Nathan Schultz a few years back. (2?) With a starting time of 7am, cool temps are always assured and today was no different. Race temp @ the starting line was 48 deg. I sat in my van listening to some iTunes and relaxing until about 10 minutes before race start (1400 entries today) the jogged to the line. I situated myself in the top 50 or so runners and asked around for peoples goal time - it ranged from 3:00 to 3:30 so I figured I was in the right spot. 3 minutes later, bang and we're off. Going along lake Michigan is very scenic and nice. A cool lake breeze just light enough to keep you comfortable was there the whole race and at a couple points I got a tad cold. Then the sun popped out and I got a little hot. But, overall, perfect temps running along the shoreline. Caught up in the excitement I run a silly 6:40 first mile. Geez, you'd think an experienced 39 yr. old distance runner and coach would know better than to go out too hard, but I did it anyway. My training has gone much better than my last marathon (2 yrs ago, same course 3:21) so I thought I could meet the Boston Qualifier (3:15). Second mile 6:50, third 7:00, lots of people passing me as I slowly eased back to a better pace time. @ ten miles I hit 61 minutes = 7:06/mile - still too fast if I wanted to finish still standing. The Bayshore marathon is out and back so at the turn around I hit 1:33:30 - on pace fot 3:07 if I could hold the pace. By mile 16 I began to get some tired legs. I had eased back to 7:20 miles but still felt some deadness in my quads and calves. My breathing was fine. I've got a great endurance base from years of running (25 to be exact) and lots of racing this winter ( I cross country ski race all our of great snow filled, northern Michigan season) so my breathing was fine. Not enough long runs this season was, however, beginning to take its toll. At mile 16 I decided to purposely slow down just to hold on to a decent finish. 7:30, 7:20, 7:30, 7:40 went the miles until 20. At twenty a few people started to come back to me. I thought I went out to hard but these guys went out WAY to hard !! ouch. One guy was just sitting on the ground next to the race course. I said "need a Gu" - he just said "no" and sat there. Glad I wasnt feeling that bad ! About mile 21 I caught a guy going real slow. I made the decision to run with him for a few miles just to preserve my legs. As long as I hit 7:50's for the last 5 miles I was still sub 3:15 and qualified. We went 8:05 then 8:10 then 8:00 - ouch, slow. I new if I stuck with him I wouldnt make it... so I picked it up a tad and went 7:45, 7:50.... ONE MILE TO GO. I quickly calculated i needed a 7:20 + a pace of the same for the last 285 yards. HEre we go.... no legs left, breathing hard... I pumped out a 7:20 and had a finish time of 3:14:52 !!!!!!!! EIGHT SECONDS TO SPARE !!! Race temp at finish 58 deg. perfect. Boston here I come. I walked slowly to my van, hopped in and drove home. The kids helped me out of the van since walking was difficult and my wife had a pasta lunch waiting then big fat steak for dinner followed by a nice Fosters oil can. Motrin for breakfast this a.m. JK |
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