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Saturday Sep 15, 2018 #
10 AM
Yabba Dabba Doo Marathon 4:41:43 [3] 26.62 mi (10:35 / mi) +173m 10:23 / mi
slept:8.0 shoes: Inov-8 Roadclaw
Yabba Dabba Doo Marathon
Chasewater Country Park. Mainly flat with a couple of minor undulations and on a mixture of road, hard trail and soft, muddy sections. The hard trails were rocky and played merry hell with your feet!
The route was 3.3 miles so 8 laps for a marathon.
There was some tiredness when I started but that eased as I continued. Felt good up until 13/14 miles then experienced a dip in energy levels - like a crash but not 'hitting the wall'. I don't think it was anything to do with insufficient hydration and fuelling. Drops in energy levels can occur during, yes, you guessed, the menopause so it could have been that.
The good news was it passed and my energy levels started to climb back up. Felt like I had a second wind on the last two laps and was starting to speed up. Managed sub-9 miling in the last 200 metres or so.
I'm probably more tired from this than an ultra. The training paid off, all those intervals and hill reps as I noticed quite a few people walking in the latter stages especially on the last two laps. I was still running and passed a few of them.
Apart from slightly sore feet...no blisters or injuries :)
I was aiming for 4:30 or less but I'll go with 4:40. That gives me something to work on now...
Chasewater Country Park. Mainly flat with a couple of minor undulations and on a mixture of road, hard trail and soft, muddy sections. The hard trails were rocky and played merry hell with your feet!
The route was 3.3 miles so 8 laps for a marathon.
There was some tiredness when I started but that eased as I continued. Felt good up until 13/14 miles then experienced a dip in energy levels - like a crash but not 'hitting the wall'. I don't think it was anything to do with insufficient hydration and fuelling. Drops in energy levels can occur during, yes, you guessed, the menopause so it could have been that.
The good news was it passed and my energy levels started to climb back up. Felt like I had a second wind on the last two laps and was starting to speed up. Managed sub-9 miling in the last 200 metres or so.
I'm probably more tired from this than an ultra. The training paid off, all those intervals and hill reps as I noticed quite a few people walking in the latter stages especially on the last two laps. I was still running and passed a few of them.
Apart from slightly sore feet...no blisters or injuries :)
I was aiming for 4:30 or less but I'll go with 4:40. That gives me something to work on now...