7 Days Recovery ...OVER

 First run since Endur was Sunday afternoon running  my 10K Mc Cormick loop.  

Lunch Walk

 Felt like running Monday and Tuesday even Wednesday.  Went to the Gym on my meal break and wasnt feeling it so I did a 3K walk.  

 2026

2024

2023

2019

2018

2017

Endur Stage 7 - Full Marathon, RIM park, Waterloo

 5 X 8.4K laps at 5:30 am on a Sunday morning in Waterloo and it was a wrap on the Endur 2026 adventure. I wasn't really sure how things would glo I just knew I would get it done.   Crossed the finish line in 4:55:54 an average of 7:01 / km or 8.6 KPH.   I am pretty sure all my splits were slighlty under and hour.   The first 3 laps I kept the HR in the 120's.   Laps 4 and 5 the HR was in the high 130's low 140's.   It really felt like a repeat of the 2024 Marathon crossing the finish line in 4:56:57.   

My 2026 combined time was 19:36:09 compared to 2024 19:23:42, 2023 18:15:20, 2022 18:56:19, 2019 16:57:11, 2018 16:59:12, 2017 16:22:07.  

Endur Stage 6 - 10K Track - St. David's, Waterloo

 2nd last stage completed in 1:00:46 a 6:04 pace.   Beat 2024 time by 2 seconds,  1:00:48.    Held the HR to the high 130's through the first 5K then let it climb into the 140's the second half.     The start was a little tentative as a result of running all week but it came around a few laps in and I put forth a moderately hard effort...no walk in the park! 

Endur Stage 5 - 25.6K Alpine - Baden

 Stage 5 at Baden didn't disappoint,  1,000m vertical more or less 20 hill repeats.   Its a 2.6K loop done 10 times.  I thought I had a good hydration plan until things got allot harder doing the 8th lap.  I was 3 hours into the run and had only consumed 1.5L of water ,   I was 0.6L behind.  It was getting warm as the race progressed heading out on the 9th loop I upped the water intake and took an extra S cap.  Consumed a GU and an S Cap at the start of laps 3,5,7 and 9.   The 10th lap was a tiny bit better crossing the finish line in 3:54:49  a couple of minutes faster then my 2024 finish.    So an OK day,  felt harder then it should have been then again nothing has been easy...that why I do it. 

17.8 at the start ,  27 at the end...should have run faster and finished sooner! 

Endue Stage 4- 10 Mile Hill - Walter Bean Trail, Kitchener

 Stage 4 went better then anticipated ,  it was a 4K look done 4 times.  First loop was a little rough however things smoothed out quickly and I just had a dun laps 2,3 and 4.  Walked the uphills and ran super fast on the down!   Temps were s wee bit arm but felt better the Mondays Stage 2.  Hydrated with water from the AS ,  no fuel.    Finished in 1:56:01 A 7:12 pace a wee bit better then I thought.