2nd overall
1st male
1st age group
WHAT AN AWESOME DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well everyone - the Port Pery Half marathon is history for another year. The weather was agreeable for me - I love a light drizzle for racing. It was alot of country roads, hence alot of gravel and alot more hills than I was expecting - the picture on the left is me coming into the last turn for the final lap on the track and on the right is the winner - Jane in 2:31:10 and little ole me in SECOND place in ---get this --I am amazed - 2:32:45 ---------------12:45 under my goal time -----------Jane and I were together until the last climb at the 17km mark but she really put the hammer down - she was great to race with - we stuck together and paced each other to get away from the pack - we did the first 10km in about 1:11 so we were motoring for the first half ------my final average per km was 7:14 and I am just thrilled with it...................The shin splints I was worried about were not as bad as I expected as I had coated them with Tiger Balm pre race and covered them with vaseline.........NOW I cant wait for Scotia bank to see what I can accomplish on a flat course....................A bunch of friends were there to cheer me on at the finish - it was great -----A well organized event and I would highly recommend it for next year
3 comments:
Holy cow Allan! That is fantastic. 12 minutes better than your expected time....WOW! You're right, what an awesome day.
Woohoo! Way to go Allan! Congratulations. You know what...I think you're going to be even faster in the Scotia 1/2 because it's flatter (well except for the hill at the argonauts rowing club, but that's nothing). By the way, my 1/2 marathon PB is 2:27. I'll think you'll be shattering that very shortly!
Congrats Allan! I am thrilled for you, and look even more forward to my own half.
This is great motivation factor for me. And shows also I have a long way to go! Can't believe that time of yours!
BryanK
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