I’ve been too long I’m glad to be back
Sunday was a good long day. I started off with 16.25km and averaged 4:02/km (3:58/km for my last 14km). And then I switched my shoes and headed for the start of the Billy Taylor 15km Road race. I averaged 3:10/km for the first 8km which was quite windy and then I averaged 3:04/km for the last 7km. I covered the last three km in 9:06 as I was able to pick it up after the big hill from 11-12km. My official time was 47:15. According to my GPS the first km was a little long (110m) and everything after that was on. Afterwards I switched back to my trainers and I got in another 7.75 km in at 4:03/km pace. 39 km on the day and it felt pretty good.
I practiced fueling throughout the run and had some trouble getting down the gels during the race, but in general it went quite smoothly. I felt I had plenty of energy through the end of my run. Except for my calves, my legs are not sore today, just a little tired. The big difference in the marathon will be going fast the whole 42.2km on the roads. I can expect to be burning more carbs and pounding the legs a lot more.
Here is an article of the race http://news.guelphmercury.com/Sports/article/473070
Here are some pics of the Billy Taylor that Ian mentioned in the comments section http://www.flickr.com/photos/iservice/3480416393/in/set-72157617399341124/
Grinding up the hill (from Mercury):
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FLOAT ON 
Dude, you’ve come such a long way in such a short time, after that Anus Horrbilis (sp?).
What about fluids in addition to gels? You’ve probably never cared for in-race fuids before. It will be ery interesting to see what your Marathon fluids plan is, and how you arrive at it. I recall that Oz had to make several adjustments in this regard.
I don’t wanna be splitting hairs here … but … I really hope Reid did have an “aNNus horribilis” instead of an “anus horribilis” … really …
Yeah, I was worried about my spelling there.
“Splittin hairs”, ….lol! 🙂
Just make sure you don’t cut your hair before Ottawa!!! The Marathon will respect your long locks.
Good luck Reid!!!
You can’t use your GPS to determine the course was long! Did you run the exact tangents? You can bet that you’ll run a few hundred meters over 42.2km for the marathon.
Good Job Reid, Nice to see the foot is better.
P.S. you should absolutley keep the hair flowing!!
That’s great to hear you’re going to run a marathon (I’m a bit out of the loop) and that training is going well. Good luck!
Drew.