Well, I must be 'in training' now. Over 4 months until Around the Bay and I'm already getting focused on setting a personal best there. So I ran most of the run with Kate Brown, Bernie LeForte and Clive Bradley -- all runners at the faster end of the spectrum (and much faster than me).
Bernie's GPS didn't kick in until a little ways into the run, but here are our splits (per mile):
8:53
8:16
8:12
8:04
7:59
7:52
8:10
8:09
7:56
7:56
8:09
8:09
We pushed it from the 12.4 mile around the park to an even 13 miles. Felt tough, but got through it. Have to keep this sort of pace for sure working up to the Around the Bay 30K at the end of March.
Sunday, November 16, 2014
Sunday, November 2, 2014
Pacing Jeanelle Beland in the Road2Hope Hamilton Marathon - 12.69 km....
I forget when it happened, but at one point earlier this year I volunteered to pace our running buddy, Jeanelle Beland, to try to get her across in under 3:45. At the time, we decided to wait and see how the year went.
As it turns out, my Columbus Marathon didn't go as well as I'd hoped. So I certainly didn't think trying to pace Jeanelle for 42.2K would make sense. There would have been an excellent chance my hamstrings would tighten up as they did in Columbus and I wouldn't make it through the run. But there was another option: I could run the last 10 or 12 kilometres with her, which is the toughest part of the run, without question. So Jeanelle agreed and Jenny and I drove to Hamilton on the morning of the marathon.
I met up with Jeanelle just before the 30k mark. Our goal was to hit 8:34 per mile or 5:19 per kilometre. Here are our splits:
5:23
5:22
5:18
5:22
5:22
5:26
5:20
5:20
5:20
5:17
5:17
5:20
5:21 (690 m.)
Our average pace was 5:21 -- close enough.
Jenny got us Coca-cola which I carried with us the full 12 kilometres. She handed out cola to lots of the Runners' Choice runners, who definitely appreciated it.
Jeanelle was a champ. The first 6 kilometres we did together were tough -- a fairly strong headwind. I tried to block the wind for her, but I don't think it did much good. But once we turned around and had the wind at our back, Jeanelle was able to pick up the pace and kill those last 7 kilometres. Her finish time was 3:43:04 -- almost 2 minutes below what she needs to qualify for Boston.
So it was a successful day.
As it turns out, my Columbus Marathon didn't go as well as I'd hoped. So I certainly didn't think trying to pace Jeanelle for 42.2K would make sense. There would have been an excellent chance my hamstrings would tighten up as they did in Columbus and I wouldn't make it through the run. But there was another option: I could run the last 10 or 12 kilometres with her, which is the toughest part of the run, without question. So Jeanelle agreed and Jenny and I drove to Hamilton on the morning of the marathon.
I met up with Jeanelle just before the 30k mark. Our goal was to hit 8:34 per mile or 5:19 per kilometre. Here are our splits:
5:23
5:22
5:18
5:22
5:22
5:26
5:20
5:20
5:20
5:17
5:17
5:20
5:21 (690 m.)
Our average pace was 5:21 -- close enough.
Jenny got us Coca-cola which I carried with us the full 12 kilometres. She handed out cola to lots of the Runners' Choice runners, who definitely appreciated it.
Jeanelle was a champ. The first 6 kilometres we did together were tough -- a fairly strong headwind. I tried to block the wind for her, but I don't think it did much good. But once we turned around and had the wind at our back, Jeanelle was able to pick up the pace and kill those last 7 kilometres. Her finish time was 3:43:04 -- almost 2 minutes below what she needs to qualify for Boston.
So it was a successful day.
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