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Sunday Jul 22, 2018 #
Event: Rainbow Beach Marathon
6 AM
Run race (Rainbow Beach Marathon) 3:50:17 [5] 43.36 km (5:19 / km) +685m 4:55 / km
shoes: Asics Kayano 22 (Black)
Was using this race as a warm up for Coastal High so aimed not go 100% but knew that would be hard to back off come race time. Started off in the cold, near darkness so was pretty cautious for first couple km sitting in 3rd but happy for the leaders to run off and just do my own comfortable pace. Legs got kicked into gear crossing Carlow Sand Blow at 2km, a 300m dune. Thankfully back to the single trails where I soon passed the 2nd guy and was on my own for the next 13km. It was really nice with flowing winding single trail the whole way to the beach. When I got to the beach I saw the leader about 2 min ahead, so picked up the pace doing the 8km section in 33min. Caught the leader at the top of the headland and stuck behind him for about 3km whilst I was refuelling. When I was rejuvenated, I passed him and he looked gone so finished the last 15km of single trails on my own at a reasonably comfortable pace.
Very nice scenic course with really good single trails. One I’d do again.
Quite a few things to improve on before Coastal (pre-race food, both Salomon bottles had holes so lost half my water, sleep, not carrying Zach up dunes day before, and new tape is crap and gave me blisters).
Very nice scenic course with really good single trails. One I’d do again.
Quite a few things to improve on before Coastal (pre-race food, both Salomon bottles had holes so lost half my water, sleep, not carrying Zach up dunes day before, and new tape is crap and gave me blisters).