Stage 3 today, a 30 km trail run. I was aiming for a 7:30 pace but ended up at 7:10 … didn't do the math very well!
| Ronald Irwin | 3:34:58 | M | 23 | 61 | Ultimate | 7:10 |
5 km splits tell the story ...
| 35:13 | 35:51 | 35:59 | 36:45 | 36:08 | 35:02 |
Had a better run today , a wee bit more in control and I got the result I was aiming for a 6:00 pace ...
| Ronald Irwin | 1:29:59 | M | 21 | 61 | Ultimate | 6:00 |
My average cadence was up 11 spm and my stride length increased 50 cm. Its probably a result of not fading like I did in the half yesterday. I wore a fanny pack with 250ml of water but never reached for it. I only drank once on the way out but I did dump water on my head 5 or 6 times just trying to keep the temps under control. It felt allot better today but it was still a pretty good effort I didn't leave allot out there. Tomorrow its the 30 km cross country run at Shades Mills.
Its back , the Endur Ultimate 7 races in 8 days starts with a half and ends with a full.
There was a new course this year the RD wasnt able to obtain permits to run on the road so we ended up on a 7km paved trail that we looped 3 times. It was a nice course not much elevation the story of the day was the heat and my heart rate. It was 23C at race start that ended up pushing 30C very fast + humidity. A realistic goal time was somewhere around 2h15m however the heat and pace pushed the heart rate up into no mans land so I had o real it in or pay the price.
So I ended up being about 10 minutes over my goal time which still gave me 20 minutes until the cutoff and made my average pace a little under 7:00 minutes...overall an OK day!
There was no big feast of food afterwards so aside from a 30 min sit down at the finish + 2 Molson Excel Beers ( They were very good ). There was a group getting together at Lloyds but I opted to head home instead grabbing a Big Mac meal enroute. Tomorrow its a 15 km time trial I am expecting between a 6:00 and 6:30 pace ... maybe!
5 laps /4.8 km plus hammock time yesterday afternoon on the backyard trail ... super hot/humid but I liked it.
4.8 km + hammock session last eve. First run since going long on Saturday … wasn't too bad!
I was registered for the 24 hour event but had no intention of going much past midnight with Endur looming a week later. I did however log my longest run since before covid logging 70 km in a little over 13 hours. Didn't use any gels relying on the Aid Station + Beer/Pizza/Yogurt/Chipnuts that I brought from home. I set up my chair at the start finish and it made for allot of fun talking ot everyone and being in the middle of the race excitement. First 5 , 7 km laps / 35 km went really well all under and hour each lap. I had been getting water at the AS but decided to use the tap 2 km into the race for teh rmainder of the day ... it was cold and tasted good. Laps 6 through 10 were complete with sticking my head under the tap to cool down. Did I mention it was hot. Took a good break before starting laps 6,7 and 9 cooling down and eating.... about 20 minutes each time. Getting to towards the eve and laps 8 and 9 I was moving well again after cooling down and getting some food in. The last lap was done as it was getting dark and required a head light for lap. I was thinking another 2 laps after 10 but I figured if I calll it a day after 70 km I could be home, showered, fed and in bed by 1:00 am. It was cool going 20 km past the 50 km mark. Its been years since I did that and i was successful continuing on. Perhaps the next 24 hour event will not be close to another big race and I can go longer...love the format!
