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| Jos Bergervoet... |
 Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 3:26 pm |
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Marathon Brabant, Oct 25, 2009
Finishers: 248 men and 28 women
Winners: Ron van den Berg (2:37:46) and Sabine Moonen (3:50:06)
This race was much smaller than the Eindhoven marathon of my report 2 weeks
ago. There also were no Kenyans here, as you can see from the winning times.
The weather was fairly nice again (15C, 59F), with only a bit too much wind.
Later a pretty heavy shower fell down, but that was just after I finished.
Two weeks ago I had stopped after 35km because I knew I wasn't in good shape
and wanted to give it another try here. Today my resting heart rate still
was too high[1], so chances weren't that much better, but I wanted to finish
at least one marathon this fall, so dropping out would not be an option!
The start was extremely relaxed with this small number of participants. There
even was a sub-3:30 zone, where only about one hundred gathered. So we went
of without trouble. The first thing I needed to do was to find a group, since
the wind might be a problem. I ended up in a small group of about 5 people.
Before 5 km had passed I reached my target heart rate of 150, which was a bit
too early. The group actually went slightly fast, but in the second and third
5k split we had strong wind and I decided to stay with the group anyway.
Before 10k I already got a small problem when my calves started hurting, but
for the rest all went fine. The wind had slowed the pace a little and when we
reached the half-marathon passage it was just within 1:28. This was a bit too
fast but was not very far of target for a 3 hour finish.
Unfortunately, however, the group fell apart during the passage in the city.
I also started to feel pain in my legs in more places, mainly the muscles on
the backs side. I don't think the pace or the wind were to blame, because
this pace for a half marathon wouldn't normally be a problem at all. It just
showed I was not in good shape. The prospect of continuing the other half in
the same way was not attractive. It might lead to injuries and would not
bring the sub-3 hour result, so I decided to go slower and just comfortably
jog to the finish. I was now running alone most of the time, but the wind had
become weaker, so there wasn't really a problem. I just had to reduce the
pace by quite a bit. In the marathon you get nothing for free, so even
running really slow makes you feel your tired legs now and then. Also on the
uneven parts of the roads the racing flats didn't feel entirely comfortable.
But apart from that it was a nice and easy second round! Only much too slow..
But I finished: in 3:12:08
5k splits and av. HR:
5 20:16 149
10 20:46 153
15 20:52 154
20 20:57 151
25 22:06 149
30 22:57 142
35 26:02 133
40 27:27 128
Fin 10:47 135
[1] Biometric data:
http://home.claranet.nl/users/bergervo/running/biometry/
Notice the resting HR being too high in the last couple of weeks.
Also notice the weight peaking at the racing dates due to carb
loading (after it was reduced a lot in earlier training weeks.)
[2] Total list of results:
http://www.uitslagen.nl/uitslag?id=2009102512904
-- Jos |
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| Charlie Pendejo... |
| Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 3:26 pm |
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Jos:
Quote: Two weeks ago I had stopped after 35km because I knew I wasn't
in good shape
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Before 10k I already got a small problem when my calves started hurting
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I also started to feel pain in my legs in more places, mainly the muscles on
the backs side. I don't think the pace or the wind were to blame, because
this pace for a half marathon wouldn't normally be a problem at all. It just
showed I was not in good shape.
Jos, aside from the fairly extreme differences in the size of the
races, your experience in this race closely mirrors mine in NYCM '06.
My aggressive goal was 2:59, and I ended up a bit under 3:12. In my
case the legs were toast already by about the halfway point, despite
what should have been a comfortable pace.
The cause for me seems to have been incomplete recovery from a 1:23:xx
half marathon three weeks prior (because I tried to train too much,
too hard in the following week). I wonder if, in yours, 35k at
marathon pace required more than two weeks for full recovery?
Anyhow, well done for sticking with it on uncooperative legs. 77 km
of road race in a fifteen day span is kind of impressive in its own
masochistic way. |
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| D Stumpus... |
| Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 9:41 pm |
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"Charlie Pendejo" <charlie.pendejo at (no spam) gmail.com> wrote
Quote: Jos, aside from the fairly extreme differences in the size of the
races, your experience in this race closely mirrors mine in NYCM '06.
My aggressive goal was 2:59, and I ended up a bit under 3:12. In my
case the legs were toast already by about the halfway point, despite
what should have been a comfortable pace.
The cause for me seems to have been incomplete recovery from a 1:23:xx
half marathon three weeks prior (because I tried to train too much,
too hard in the following week). I wonder if, in yours, 35k at
marathon pace required more than two weeks for full recovery?
Yeah CP, I agree. I kept quiet, Jos, but 35k at MP needed more recovery.
I *know* you can go a lot faster. Chill, regroup, and you'll do better
time. Also, it takes longer to recover as an old Codger :)
Just a couple of questions regarding your marathon training:
How many km/week have you done in the 3 months prior to your marathon?
Do you do a long run (30k or more) nearly every week? |
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