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Saturday Apr 9, 2016 #
Event: Jabulani Challenge
7 AM
running race (Jabulani Challenge) 6:36:14 [4] 45.0 km (8:48 / km) +1149m 7:48 / km
shoes: Salomon XA Pro 3D
well that was a challenge ..
Had a plan to go out hard on the trails, flats and downhill, and walk the uphills. - If something went wrong, going harder early meant I had more walking time up my sleeve for the second half of the race
Aim was 6 hrs.
seeded myself a little higher so i wouldn't get held up as much in the first 4km of trails, this worked well as i overtook a handful of people (note that everyone was very nice on the trail, and let you through - not like the NOSH run)
things went well at the start until I felt a cold trickle down my back, then a few seconds later it was much more than a trickle and my back, shorts, legs and socks were wet .. bladder in hydration pack sprung a leak :( at about 4km. I took it out and inslected, lost more than 1/2 of my 3 Litre mix but was able to carry the bladder upside down and invert it and stop the leak when needed to drink, this lasted until 18km.
drink station at 22km and I had a few cups but didn't refill bladder.
Hit 24km cutoff at about 2:50 - aim was 3 hrs so was going well.
then on the track that I hadn't trained/run before - no map with me like on training so was running blind.
Huge hill .. ouch ..
needed a drink at the top of hill, next aid station at 30k (another 5k)
got the the aid station and borowed (no intention of giving it back) a empty 600ml bottle to take. but dehyration had set in, last gel at 22k and was struggling to get in enough water so no more gels.
the water didn't last long on the next 8km out and back and struggled to the turnaround point - borrowed another 200ml of water and that made me feel a bit better and was able to run a bit more.
hit the last drink station at 38k, drank as much as i could, filled bottle up but was struggling to drink a decent amount, this time the water lasted a bit longer, but only becaus i was unable to drink it faster :/ still didn't think stomach would hadle a gel - perhaps should have forced one.
the last 7 k were mainly down hill, I powered down the steep incline, overtaking plenty of people, tried to take the tails at a decent speed but it got harder as I went on .. feet getting very sore .. legs starting to almost cramp on the flat bits, still powered down any small hills.
got to about 2km to go really struggled, walking more of the flats ..
1km to go and I couldn't run any more, legs too sore - walked to about 300m to go then jogged it in to the finish,
first marathon or greater distance race, pretty happy to finish well before the 7hr limit, 6hr goal was if I could keep up the first half pace for the second half - not sure if i could have hit it but think i would have been much closer if the hydration pack lived :/
Had a plan to go out hard on the trails, flats and downhill, and walk the uphills. - If something went wrong, going harder early meant I had more walking time up my sleeve for the second half of the race
Aim was 6 hrs.
seeded myself a little higher so i wouldn't get held up as much in the first 4km of trails, this worked well as i overtook a handful of people (note that everyone was very nice on the trail, and let you through - not like the NOSH run)
things went well at the start until I felt a cold trickle down my back, then a few seconds later it was much more than a trickle and my back, shorts, legs and socks were wet .. bladder in hydration pack sprung a leak :( at about 4km. I took it out and inslected, lost more than 1/2 of my 3 Litre mix but was able to carry the bladder upside down and invert it and stop the leak when needed to drink, this lasted until 18km.
drink station at 22km and I had a few cups but didn't refill bladder.
Hit 24km cutoff at about 2:50 - aim was 3 hrs so was going well.
then on the track that I hadn't trained/run before - no map with me like on training so was running blind.
Huge hill .. ouch ..
needed a drink at the top of hill, next aid station at 30k (another 5k)
got the the aid station and borowed (no intention of giving it back) a empty 600ml bottle to take. but dehyration had set in, last gel at 22k and was struggling to get in enough water so no more gels.
the water didn't last long on the next 8km out and back and struggled to the turnaround point - borrowed another 200ml of water and that made me feel a bit better and was able to run a bit more.
hit the last drink station at 38k, drank as much as i could, filled bottle up but was struggling to drink a decent amount, this time the water lasted a bit longer, but only becaus i was unable to drink it faster :/ still didn't think stomach would hadle a gel - perhaps should have forced one.
the last 7 k were mainly down hill, I powered down the steep incline, overtaking plenty of people, tried to take the tails at a decent speed but it got harder as I went on .. feet getting very sore .. legs starting to almost cramp on the flat bits, still powered down any small hills.
got to about 2km to go really struggled, walking more of the flats ..
1km to go and I couldn't run any more, legs too sore - walked to about 300m to go then jogged it in to the finish,
first marathon or greater distance race, pretty happy to finish well before the 7hr limit, 6hr goal was if I could keep up the first half pace for the second half - not sure if i could have hit it but think i would have been much closer if the hydration pack lived :/