Perth Marathon 
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Perth Marathon
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Wanneroo Nationals 8km Walk 1989,
relaxed 33km Darlington to Mt Helena and back
Saturday 2nd February; Ran 33km from Darlington to Mt Helena and back in 3hours 57minutes 34 seconds. Heart Rate at end was 138. Splits 1hr 54/2hr 03. (Mundaring 9.5K split 59min 23.)
For once I arrived early hip hip hurray! It was ominously dark with a lot of clouds and a pretty good sunrise trying to sneak over the eastern horizon, as easterly winds gusted. I started at the front, trailblazing with one or two others, grabbing big sticks off the path that had blown onto the trail, so that the others didnt have to run around them in the still very dark light. Headlamps would have been handy for the first 10-20 minutes.
There was no way I was going to do a hard 38Km (through the long hill of Jacoby park near Mundaring Weir) with the A or B teams, so it was the C team and a few 19k-25k people that I was running with for sure. In the end only John C., GC,Jane, old John, and maybe one or two others ended up doing the 33km. Its a fairly shallow uphill most of the way to Mt Helena, and then the downhill on the way back, so a pretty easy course which I have run several times in the last year or two now, so not a really challenging course but perfect to consolidate on last weeks tough Brooking Rd hill 27km.
Had trouble finding people running at my pace, and as was the pattern for the entire run as usual the C-team was taking lots of long breaks along the way at every opportunity, i.e. about every 3k or so...I was finding that pattern way to slow, and not conducive to my rhythm or pace, so I ran with John C., and Alli for awhile after Glen Forrest. Some of the 19k runners came through including one woman with a distinctive Sydney Striders top I have not seen before. Eventually though I found that pace a little quick and they got away from me slowly. However it pulled me through to MUndaring in 59minutes which is a bit quicker split than some of my recent runs on this course, so a pleasing split.
Then it took awhile for Jane and old John, GC, and Tim B. to turn up and they took a long break. Saw Kep track signs. Then again at Sawyers and Mt Helena. Some excellent chats though and I wasnt game to it alone at my current level of fitness in my longest run for a few months until we got to Mundaring with just over 9k to go.
With about 4k to go Don and Christine from the B team cruised past so I latched onto their fast pace for a few Km keeping them in sight, and then as the temps started to climb and i started to feel it a bit I dropped back to Jane, old John and GC for the last 1km, but threw in some spurts here and there. Overall a good run, 10 minutes slower than what I did 15th September 2007, but a pleasing run to bank...A good platform now from the last 2 weeks for the coming weeks...
For once I arrived early hip hip hurray! It was ominously dark with a lot of clouds and a pretty good sunrise trying to sneak over the eastern horizon, as easterly winds gusted. I started at the front, trailblazing with one or two others, grabbing big sticks off the path that had blown onto the trail, so that the others didnt have to run around them in the still very dark light. Headlamps would have been handy for the first 10-20 minutes.
There was no way I was going to do a hard 38Km (through the long hill of Jacoby park near Mundaring Weir) with the A or B teams, so it was the C team and a few 19k-25k people that I was running with for sure. In the end only John C., GC,Jane, old John, and maybe one or two others ended up doing the 33km. Its a fairly shallow uphill most of the way to Mt Helena, and then the downhill on the way back, so a pretty easy course which I have run several times in the last year or two now, so not a really challenging course but perfect to consolidate on last weeks tough Brooking Rd hill 27km.
Had trouble finding people running at my pace, and as was the pattern for the entire run as usual the C-team was taking lots of long breaks along the way at every opportunity, i.e. about every 3k or so...I was finding that pattern way to slow, and not conducive to my rhythm or pace, so I ran with John C., and Alli for awhile after Glen Forrest. Some of the 19k runners came through including one woman with a distinctive Sydney Striders top I have not seen before. Eventually though I found that pace a little quick and they got away from me slowly. However it pulled me through to MUndaring in 59minutes which is a bit quicker split than some of my recent runs on this course, so a pleasing split.
Then it took awhile for Jane and old John, GC, and Tim B. to turn up and they took a long break. Saw Kep track signs. Then again at Sawyers and Mt Helena. Some excellent chats though and I wasnt game to it alone at my current level of fitness in my longest run for a few months until we got to Mundaring with just over 9k to go.
With about 4k to go Don and Christine from the B team cruised past so I latched onto their fast pace for a few Km keeping them in sight, and then as the temps started to climb and i started to feel it a bit I dropped back to Jane, old John and GC for the last 1km, but threw in some spurts here and there. Overall a good run, 10 minutes slower than what I did 15th September 2007, but a pleasing run to bank...A good platform now from the last 2 weeks for the coming weeks...
posted by trailblazer777 | 2/02/2008 06:12:00 pm
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