Perth Marathon 
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Perth Marathon
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Wanneroo Nationals 8km Walk 1989,
6Inch RECON #1 25km+bathroom= 3hrs 18.
Saturday 10th November Ran 25km in 3hrs 18 (including 30min no 2's toilet stop* and some walking) Splits 1hr.23/1hr.55(about 1hr.37).
Warning R-rated material, dont read this paragraph if a little sensitive to excretion management strategies being described in some detail. *no 2's toilet stop, I had to use gum leaves to wipe the backside. Last time I had to do that was 1991 I think. Eventually I found some "long-drop" toilets at Marrinup campsite that had some REAL! toilet paper yay! so was able to clean things up a little more completely. I write this as a warning to any runners who go trail running away from toilets, and are tempted to skip toilet stop before run, without putting toiletpaper in hydration pack.
Apart from the toilet stop about 1hr 50min in, a very enjoyable run, no significant injury issues, kangaroos,emus, echidna,kookaburras etc etc. Just beautiful scenic views that is 6 Inch. Ran with Mark,Craig,and Colin. Lovely to be back in 6Inch land! We had to do an out and back (Dwellingup to Scarp Rd and back) due to prescribed burning off making access unavailable to some of the Munda Biddi between Del Park Rd and Oakley Dam area. I icepacked my heel beforehand as a precaution, and like Melbourne Marathon that seemed to do the trick, so as long as I remember to icepack it before long runs and long races, maybe I can avoid any medical intervention.
All in all a pretty good long run sitting around just over 6 min a km for the first 15km or so...Turned into a bit of a plod for me in the last 7km or so, the bathroom issues had a lot to do with it, but the legs were also a little tired in the last 5-10km also. Great first long run back after Melbourne Marathon. Good blokes to run with too. Intelligent, interesting conversation, and they pushed me to a faster pace than what I often run, but until the bathroom issues started to become too hard for me to deal with, I was able to stay with 'em. Ideal pace for me. I was coming in off about 4 hours sleep per night this week, and was a bit underprepared, didn't goto toilet enough beforehand, and forgot to put body glide on, but managed to still get a good long run on the board. Saw a train coming along the rail line in Dwellingup when I finished. Magic run!
So a good starting point for my hopes of doing 6 inch again this year, and maybe even 6-foot in 2008 or 2009, we shall see....
Warning R-rated material, dont read this paragraph if a little sensitive to excretion management strategies being described in some detail. *no 2's toilet stop, I had to use gum leaves to wipe the backside. Last time I had to do that was 1991 I think. Eventually I found some "long-drop" toilets at Marrinup campsite that had some REAL! toilet paper yay! so was able to clean things up a little more completely. I write this as a warning to any runners who go trail running away from toilets, and are tempted to skip toilet stop before run, without putting toiletpaper in hydration pack.
Apart from the toilet stop about 1hr 50min in, a very enjoyable run, no significant injury issues, kangaroos,emus, echidna,kookaburras etc etc. Just beautiful scenic views that is 6 Inch. Ran with Mark,Craig,and Colin. Lovely to be back in 6Inch land! We had to do an out and back (Dwellingup to Scarp Rd and back) due to prescribed burning off making access unavailable to some of the Munda Biddi between Del Park Rd and Oakley Dam area. I icepacked my heel beforehand as a precaution, and like Melbourne Marathon that seemed to do the trick, so as long as I remember to icepack it before long runs and long races, maybe I can avoid any medical intervention.
All in all a pretty good long run sitting around just over 6 min a km for the first 15km or so...Turned into a bit of a plod for me in the last 7km or so, the bathroom issues had a lot to do with it, but the legs were also a little tired in the last 5-10km also. Great first long run back after Melbourne Marathon. Good blokes to run with too. Intelligent, interesting conversation, and they pushed me to a faster pace than what I often run, but until the bathroom issues started to become too hard for me to deal with, I was able to stay with 'em. Ideal pace for me. I was coming in off about 4 hours sleep per night this week, and was a bit underprepared, didn't goto toilet enough beforehand, and forgot to put body glide on, but managed to still get a good long run on the board. Saw a train coming along the rail line in Dwellingup when I finished. Magic run!
So a good starting point for my hopes of doing 6 inch again this year, and maybe even 6-foot in 2008 or 2009, we shall see....
posted by trailblazer777 | 11/10/2007 12:40:00 pm
4 Comments:
Sounds like a beautiful scenic run !! Singapore is so urbanized that parks are so scarce. Good luck for the 6-inch if you decide to do it this year.
Phew! A little TOO much information there but I'm glad you had a good run.
Hmmmm, mental note. Only run a route where there are plenty of public toilets. Gum leaves? I don't think so.
Looks like the training is still progressing well.
You have mentally scarred me though....
2008 for 6' Jonathon! See you there :) 3:18 is a good long run.
Funny, in Canberra Six Foot is known as Six Inch, or 6".
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