Home from Vancouver Sun Run already.

"Kaz Kylheku" <[email hidden]> wrote

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Started in the middle of the second wave, wearing a bib from the third
wave. Managed to pass some first waves by the end. Gun time was 43:20
or so. I didn't run my chrono, so I have no idea about chip time.

Egads, 50,000 people! What was the mile 1 split given all that traffic?

Is 43:20 a good time for you?

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Then I bounded up the stairs around the stadium, ran to my car parked
on Hastings and Richards; got to it by 9:50. There was no traffic
volume yet, so I blasted out of downtown along an empty Pender street,
all the way to Renfrew, and then up past Grandview Highway into my
hood.

Sounds like the real race was getting home in PR time :-)

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D Stumpus said:

"Kaz Kylheku" <[email hidden]> wrote

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Started in the middle of the second wave, wearing a bib from the third
wave. Managed to pass some first waves by the end. Gun time was 43:20
or so. I didn't run my chrono, so I have no idea about chip time.

Egads, 50,000 people! What was the mile 1 split given all that traffic?

Is 43:20 a good time for you?

This race has a wave start. I started in the second wave, and not even
at the front. Today I learned that my chip time was actually 41:14.
This is a personal best, and I was not even trying. During the race I
smiled, tried chatting with people, cracking jokes. But everyone
around me had a deadpan face and seemed only to care about meeting a
time goal.

The race began for me in the last mile, when I picked up the pace and
started losing people. As planned, I didn't start kicking until after
ascending the causeway onto Cambie bridge, with 900 meters to go. I
had so much left that I went into something like an 800 meter middle
distance event. My hands were flying from hip to face, and my kick was
so high that I was nearly kicking my /own/ ass, never mind those
around me. I briefly turned my head to glance backward and noticed
that I passed a couple of people with blue bibs, from the first wave.

I had so much energy left after this run, that when I got home, I
started looking for things to do. In addition to cooking lunch and
dinner, I scrubbed the walls (for the first time since I moved into
the place), vaccuumed, scrubbed and wiped the floors and cleaned
windows. I went grocery shopping too. After some 10 km races in the
past, I have been totally wiped out, but this one only invigorated me.

I'm doing the Vancouver Marathon in three weeks, you see, so I didn't
want to blow it, and so I exercised self-restraint. I thought that I
would miss a Sunday long run because of this race, but I have a
nagging suspicion that I can go for 18 miles tonight! There isn't even
the slightest discomfort in my legs.

All in all, I seem to be running okay for a 6'1", medium-framed, 178
pound behemoth. I have a low body fat level, but I lift weights 5 days
a week: all upper body, heavy, 8-12 reps.

"Kaz Kylheku" <[email hidden]> wrote

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This race has a wave start. I started in the second wave, and not even
at the front. Today I learned that my chip time was actually 41:14.

Contrats! Especially since it seemed so easy. Maybe the crowded and slow
mile 1 set things up for you.

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I had so much energy left after this run, that when I got home, I
started looking for things to do. In addition to cooking lunch and
dinner, I scrubbed the walls (for the first time since I moved into
the place), vaccuumed, scrubbed and wiped the floors and cleaned
windows. I went grocery shopping too. After some 10 km races in the
past, I have been totally wiped out, but this one only invigorated me.

I've had that boost too, but I think it's psychological, partly caused by
the testosterone rush men get after victory. If you push the next day,
you'll dig yourself a hole and bad things can happen. This happened to me
when I tagged 78% wava recently at a 5k -- felt fantastic, like I didn't
even race, then did a tough 3000' climb 18 miler the next day, and I was in
the dumpster for the week...

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I'm doing the Vancouver Marathon in three weeks, you see, so I didn't
want to blow it, and so I exercised self-restraint. I thought that I
would miss a Sunday long run because of this race, but I have a
nagging suspicion that I can go for 18 miles tonight! There isn't even
the slightest discomfort in my legs.

Be Very Careful here. Pride goeth before the fall. I'd take a couple of
fun easy days here. Consolidate the gain from this PR, don't try to train
hard from here.

Doing your last long run 2 weeks out from your marathon? I usually do a
short long run 1 week out (10-14 miles -- my base is about 70mpw)

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All in all, I seem to be running okay for a 6'1", medium-framed, 178
pound behemoth. I have a low body fat level, but I lift weights 5 days
a week: all upper body, heavy, 8-12 reps.

Not bad at all for a big guy...I don't lift because I gain muscle easily and
want to stay as light as I can...

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Kaz Kylheku said:

Today I learned that my chip time was actually 41:14.
This is a personal best, and I was not even trying. During the race I
smiled, tried chatting with people, cracking jokes. But everyone
around me had a deadpan face and seemed only to care about meeting a
time goal.

You are my kind of runner! Anyone can have time goals, or Nemisises(sp?)
to squeeze and stuff, but if you sulk and can't even say "hi" to someone,
the reason is deeper than all that.

Believe me, I have plenty of "issues", hang-ups and [censored] of all sorts, but
I still can't imagine ignoring anyone who I come close to(*) during a race
- fellow runners saying "yay" as I pass, or sayin "courage" as they pass
- volunteers doing their damdest to hold that bottle of water just at the
right level for me to catch
- little kids holding their hands out for a "low 5"
- the [censored] who slipstreams you for 5k when the wind is from behind but
won't go upwind when you do the 180 to come home
- etc...

(*)to whom I come close? Close to whom I come? Come close to who I do
(Yoda). Who TF invented english grammar anyway!?

PS congrats on your PB. Keep on not trying like you are and you'll do
great runs AND have a good time :-)