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steve common
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"Phil M." <[email protected]> wrote:
>Steve Pendejo? ;-)
I couldn't help thinking of Charlie. I just prayed I wouldn't get the full
Pendejo experience
>I have the same problem. I have to start brainstorming right after the
>race on the way home. Otherwise, like a dream, it fades quickly.
Exactly. I haven't written a race report for ages for that reason. So I
sat down and typed loads of bits and pieces on Sunday evening, before
they'd evaporated, then stitched them together and posted while my legs
were still agony.
>Did they place you based on a previous marathon time?
Yes, they asked for recent reference times + target time and segregated
into 3 corrals + the elites. There were two separate starts which merged
at km 3.
Senior males (22-39yo) and veteran 1 males (40-49yo) at one start and all
the female categories, junior males and the older veteran males (50 and +)
at the other.
>Was 3 hours a big pace group? Those round numbers seem to have special
>meaning. How big was this race?
The 7600 "seats" were sold out (though maybe the actual number of starters
was slightly lower). The 3h group was probably 30 or more runners but I
didn't look over my shoulder to see how big the pack really was.
The full results are up and about 460 runners were in under 3h, of which a
little over 50 arriving behind.
>Will you be taking some time off now?
A few days yes. I won't run at all this time until it doesn't hurt to walk
downstairs anymore. I'll book a proper sports massage too, take some
saunas and go to the swimming pool maybe.
But we're already into the cross country season and I'll be lynched by the
club prez (or, worse, sat on by him) if I don't compete at some stage,
tho' I reckon he'll let me off until the Département ("county")
championship race in January
There are also some fun /corridas/ around christmas but I'll only run them
for socializing.
Then I'll have to decide if I'm going to try a Pfitz/Douglas 12 or 18
weeker, or an Irina Kazakova 12 weeker for an April marathon. All in good
time eh? ;-)
>Steve Pendejo? ;-)
I couldn't help thinking of Charlie. I just prayed I wouldn't get the full
Pendejo experience
>I have the same problem. I have to start brainstorming right after the
>race on the way home. Otherwise, like a dream, it fades quickly.
Exactly. I haven't written a race report for ages for that reason. So I
sat down and typed loads of bits and pieces on Sunday evening, before
they'd evaporated, then stitched them together and posted while my legs
were still agony.
>Did they place you based on a previous marathon time?
Yes, they asked for recent reference times + target time and segregated
into 3 corrals + the elites. There were two separate starts which merged
at km 3.
Senior males (22-39yo) and veteran 1 males (40-49yo) at one start and all
the female categories, junior males and the older veteran males (50 and +)
at the other.
>Was 3 hours a big pace group? Those round numbers seem to have special
>meaning. How big was this race?
The 7600 "seats" were sold out (though maybe the actual number of starters
was slightly lower). The 3h group was probably 30 or more runners but I
didn't look over my shoulder to see how big the pack really was.
The full results are up and about 460 runners were in under 3h, of which a
little over 50 arriving behind.
>Will you be taking some time off now?
A few days yes. I won't run at all this time until it doesn't hurt to walk
downstairs anymore. I'll book a proper sports massage too, take some
saunas and go to the swimming pool maybe.
But we're already into the cross country season and I'll be lynched by the
club prez (or, worse, sat on by him) if I don't compete at some stage,
tho' I reckon he'll let me off until the Département ("county")
championship race in January
There are also some fun /corridas/ around christmas but I'll only run them
for socializing.
Then I'll have to decide if I'm going to try a Pfitz/Douglas 12 or 18
weeker, or an Irina Kazakova 12 weeker for an April marathon. All in good
time eh? ;-)