Sunday, September 21, 2025

The Dam Hill 6 Hour Race - London, Ontario

 6 hour run done looping Springbank Park in London.  I have done this race a number of times over the last decade,  6 hour ,  12 hour, 24 hour and Marathon.   I was more or less run ready however I haven't done any long runs since the Falling Water Marathon in  mid August.   The weather was pretty decent  started around 14C at 8am ,  a nice breeze came up as the temperature climbed to 23C by 2pm.   Started to feel a bit on the warm side the last couple of hours.   Stretch goal was 50k ,  did that 3 or 4 years ago.  Didnt quite make it getting to 47k.   When I passed 42K mark it was around 5hrs15min ,   decided to walk a lap to cool down.   I was around 5hrs40min when I crossed the start finish figured I had it in me to do the 2.2K loop one more time and that is what I did getting to 47K mark a few minutes under the 6hr mark.    The whole race seemed hard.  I don't do much constant running so it always strikes me a being harder.  Average moving pace was 7:20 ,  fast laps were around 6:30 , 6:40 pace.   I wasnt in any hurry just wanted to get close to 50K in 6 hours. 


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