Post 1th Marathon write up.
That sure was a thing.
I picked up some "performance underwear" at the expo. Also there where
Scientologists there which was ... concerning.
Anyway onto the race. Couldnt have been more perfect conditions. Partelly cloudy and a wee bit chilly. Very nice weather.
Crowd was great. Lots of people out cheering. Lots of fun characters in the race.
Those wheelchair racers are fucking superhuman. Those guys digging deep whenever a hill was there was a sight to see. And then on the other end they come flying past you on the downhills.
As for my performance it could have gone better.. My strategy going on was to take it easy enough and simply try averaging 10km per hour and finish in the mid 4:10s and a bit lower if I had the stuff left in the tank near the end.
I was on track. I did a sub 2hr to get to half marathon but around the 32km mark my knee really starts hurting in a way I never had it hurt running before and so that last few km basically became a serine of stops and starts and my pace dropped to around the 7min/km mark for the rest of the race.
More then likely it was my lack of conditioning at that distance getting to me.
Anyway finished strong enough and managed to get this together for the final mile and went to the pub for a pint and a meal.
Here is a link to my strava
https://www.strava.com/activities/1252131848#kudos
I will probably be taking it a little easy now since I have nothing coming up but I hope to work in a lot more 30km and up long runs into my routine