Perth Marathon 
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Perth Marathon
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Wanneroo Nationals 8km Walk 1989,
Busselton Half in 1.49.31
Busselton Half Marathon 1.49.31 HR 174...51.25/57.54 slits...
A lot of things went right today the temperature was lovely, there was a a few winds but nothing major, I had a good powerbar drink at 51minutes, and a hammer gel at 83minutes.....But my legs felt heavy and didn't want to hold onto 4.40 to 4.50 per K, they wanted to plod at 5.10-5.30 per K from about 5km onwards...Most will say thats cos I had too much lactic acid in them after putting a 10m gap on the eventual winner at the start for about 500m. They maybe right, but I suspect maybe its more to do with a combination of wearyness from the 27k on Saturday and the 20k on Monday, a big loss in conditioning in the last 2 weeks due to minimal intervals/running due to house dramas (still ongoing still deadly urgent to get resolved), and perhaps residual tiredness from the 4am drive to the race, on the back of a very intense 55hrs or so at work on the roads this week. Maybe other associated factors. Either way I tried hard today and 2min better than last years Busselton effort, but about 5-10minutes off what I was aiming for. Frustrating day results wise.
1km in 3.58 I thought was still a little conservative although I didnt hold back in the first 300m especially. The next 2km was about right I thought to get me through 2.5km in 10.49, and 3km in 13.10 (4.36's (about what I was aiming for)). M and Ca caught me just before 4km, as I slowed to a 4.48 (too slow but not unrecoverable) to get to 4km in 17.58, (was planning to try and keep within 15metres of them, but that plan lasted about 500m and I blew out to a 5.05!) to get to 5km in 23.03 and the 5.27km turnaround in 24.15.
Lost the plot a bit here and just tried to hold on, but was hitting around the 5.40's (way too slow). Even so my halfway split of 51.25 wasn't that bad (still 1.42.50 pace although I knew I'd slow in the second half, so figured maybe I should try for about 1.45-1.46. Took my powerbar drink at halfway, which although a bit late, was the only option I had but maybe cost me a precious minute or two. Carried another drink with a gel for later form here, and while I was guzzling the powerbar drink I slipped out to about a 6min K...with about 8.7km to go my watch said 57min 45. Found some rhytm and intensity a bit from here on, and managed to find a few 5.09-5.15 per K type K splits, but pacing a bit all over the place with some 5.45's too maybe. Got to 15.82km in 1.20.30 (the last turnaround), and with 5.1km to go my watch said 1.22.30. Used 6 minutes on the next 1km as I slowed to a walk to get my hammer gel into the system, for the final push for the finish. Was holding about 5.14 per Km for the next 4.1km which I did in exactly 21.00minutes. No big finish really although I did stride it out a little on the grass. Heart rate at the end 174, so guessing I ran most of the way around 165-171 sort of zone. Perhaps a bit on the slack side. Overall a solid hitout, but I am disappointed. I have hopes for much better things than that this year, and a sub 1.40 or at least a sub 1.45 would have been a pass mark for today but not to be. So its back to the house dramas and hopefully back to some training again soon, and hope to reload for another race soon, but probably need at least 3-4 good weeks in a row first before I want to go after a big race again. I will be there for Bridges cos that is a tradition and Perth Marathon is a must as well, but need to work hard and get the pacing more even (although it was better at times today than in previous years) and maybe sharpen up my racing resolve with some track racing...Is it a disaster no. Is it a success not really. Its a so-so same ol same ol sort of result...:( I shot my mouth off about this one a lot too, so I guess I deserve the egg in the face to some extent this time...but thats ok I cop that sweet, and come back and blow away a lot of doubters later. I'm happy Mat and Cal ran well and were a part of the Busselton experience, and hopefully the 3 of us will be going hard at it at Bridges, and I can maybe backup my mouth with some actions...But I've been around long enough to know sometimes you just have to be patient...
Thanks God for a wonderful mornings racing, and a solid start to my racing this year in an awesome location!
A lot of things went right today the temperature was lovely, there was a a few winds but nothing major, I had a good powerbar drink at 51minutes, and a hammer gel at 83minutes.....But my legs felt heavy and didn't want to hold onto 4.40 to 4.50 per K, they wanted to plod at 5.10-5.30 per K from about 5km onwards...Most will say thats cos I had too much lactic acid in them after putting a 10m gap on the eventual winner at the start for about 500m. They maybe right, but I suspect maybe its more to do with a combination of wearyness from the 27k on Saturday and the 20k on Monday, a big loss in conditioning in the last 2 weeks due to minimal intervals/running due to house dramas (still ongoing still deadly urgent to get resolved), and perhaps residual tiredness from the 4am drive to the race, on the back of a very intense 55hrs or so at work on the roads this week. Maybe other associated factors. Either way I tried hard today and 2min better than last years Busselton effort, but about 5-10minutes off what I was aiming for. Frustrating day results wise.
1km in 3.58 I thought was still a little conservative although I didnt hold back in the first 300m especially. The next 2km was about right I thought to get me through 2.5km in 10.49, and 3km in 13.10 (4.36's (about what I was aiming for)). M and Ca caught me just before 4km, as I slowed to a 4.48 (too slow but not unrecoverable) to get to 4km in 17.58, (was planning to try and keep within 15metres of them, but that plan lasted about 500m and I blew out to a 5.05!) to get to 5km in 23.03 and the 5.27km turnaround in 24.15.
Lost the plot a bit here and just tried to hold on, but was hitting around the 5.40's (way too slow). Even so my halfway split of 51.25 wasn't that bad (still 1.42.50 pace although I knew I'd slow in the second half, so figured maybe I should try for about 1.45-1.46. Took my powerbar drink at halfway, which although a bit late, was the only option I had but maybe cost me a precious minute or two. Carried another drink with a gel for later form here, and while I was guzzling the powerbar drink I slipped out to about a 6min K...with about 8.7km to go my watch said 57min 45. Found some rhytm and intensity a bit from here on, and managed to find a few 5.09-5.15 per K type K splits, but pacing a bit all over the place with some 5.45's too maybe. Got to 15.82km in 1.20.30 (the last turnaround), and with 5.1km to go my watch said 1.22.30. Used 6 minutes on the next 1km as I slowed to a walk to get my hammer gel into the system, for the final push for the finish. Was holding about 5.14 per Km for the next 4.1km which I did in exactly 21.00minutes. No big finish really although I did stride it out a little on the grass. Heart rate at the end 174, so guessing I ran most of the way around 165-171 sort of zone. Perhaps a bit on the slack side. Overall a solid hitout, but I am disappointed. I have hopes for much better things than that this year, and a sub 1.40 or at least a sub 1.45 would have been a pass mark for today but not to be. So its back to the house dramas and hopefully back to some training again soon, and hope to reload for another race soon, but probably need at least 3-4 good weeks in a row first before I want to go after a big race again. I will be there for Bridges cos that is a tradition and Perth Marathon is a must as well, but need to work hard and get the pacing more even (although it was better at times today than in previous years) and maybe sharpen up my racing resolve with some track racing...Is it a disaster no. Is it a success not really. Its a so-so same ol same ol sort of result...:( I shot my mouth off about this one a lot too, so I guess I deserve the egg in the face to some extent this time...but thats ok I cop that sweet, and come back and blow away a lot of doubters later. I'm happy Mat and Cal ran well and were a part of the Busselton experience, and hopefully the 3 of us will be going hard at it at Bridges, and I can maybe backup my mouth with some actions...But I've been around long enough to know sometimes you just have to be patient...
Thanks God for a wonderful mornings racing, and a solid start to my racing this year in an awesome location!
posted by trailblazer777 | 2/04/2012 08:19:00 pm
1 Comments:
3:58 isn't conservative Jonathon - that gets you a 1:24 half marathon! Yes, if you're tired for whatever reason (big work week, early drive to race) a race as long as a HM is going to hurt hard if you get the early pacing wrong. If you'd run 4:20 for the first k (without a 300m sprint to get in the lead), then 4:45s from km 2 you probably would have held that and run 1:41 or so. Still, 1:49 is a very solid workout, so another brick in the training wall.
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