Stage 7 is in the books and so is another Endur Ultimate... I have already registered for 2023!
First a foremost it was a very early morning with the alarm set for 3:45 am planning a 4:15 am departure with a 6:00 am race start. Went to be at 7:30 pm , asleep by 08:30 is only to be woke up by the neighbor's fireworks at 09:15, yeah! Had a restless sleep and woke up at 3:00 am and hit the ground running. I was able to fit in 30 minutes in the hot tub with a coffee and made a bagel and another coffee to go and was on the road as planned.
In the past I started at 07:30 with a planned 4h12m finish. This time instead of a 6:00 pace I planned a nice 7:00 / km run something I as sure I could sustain over the 42.2 km and not ever feel like the wheels were falling off. The weather was perfect especially after melting there the week earlier running the 1/2 on the same course. Didn't do much in the way of hydration or fuel until I was a couple of hours into the day when it started to get a bit warmer I moved to 700 ml water + a Gel / hour for the last few hours of the race. I did what I wanted to and finished the day with pretty even splits and an overall 6:55 pace and a slightly negative split.
8.5 km Splits
| 1:00:57 | 57:46 | 57:13 | 57:50 | 58:21 |
Tripped the clock at 4h52m7s , in 2017 it was 4:18:37, in 2018 it was 4:30:01 and in 2019 it was 4:31:25. Albeit my slowest Endur Marathon it was by far my most disciplined Endur 42.2 and I am quiet pleased with the results.
Its been a few years since I have done this sorts of volume or picked up the pace a bit. The last time I felt this enabled was in 2019. If someone asked me to run a Marathon tomorrow I would ask what time and where. I do have to work on my pace for next year and will plan the race calendar a wee bit better doing a 70 km Ultra the week before Endur wasn't a great idea. I will still do all the Ultras April through June but change gears in July picking up a road race or two as well as the pace.
Garmin Data
Splits
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