Location: MT Cootha Brisbane
Cost: $40
Official Finishing Time: 01:04:33
Official Overall Position: 12/167
(finishers)
Pace: 6:09/K 9:53 /Mile
Average heartrate: 157
(Hit a Max of 184 at the end)
Overall place: 423 / 681
Men place:
M 40-45 : 79 / 103
Weather: 24 C Sunny
Calories burned: 989
Weight: 88.5 KG (195 Pounds)
This is my first Race Report so
thought I would use some kind of format. Looked at a few Race Reports and
this is a culmination of what works for me:)
Why do the race?
Because it is a crazy idea running up that hill! my car barely
gets up it. This race is my first effort of anything that has Race in the title
since Melbourne Marathon in 2009. Wanted to jump start the body a bit.
Training:
I have only just got back into running recently due to playing
more football and a slight foot injury. So maybe five weeks. No hill
work.
Time and heartrate goal:
No goals really. Would like to get round and feel that I
enjoy running with loads of similar minded people. I reckon my heart rate will
be through the roof.
Course Map
Picked up my race number at Paddo
tavern the day before, so felt quite prepared. I was still up early as the race
started at 0630 and wasn’t sure If I could park.
I ended up parking at Anzac Park
because it was easy to walk over the bridge and only a couple of hundred
metres. Anyone parked in the area of the
race seemed to get sealed in. The
weather was great. Didn’t have any race
buddies with me so a bit bored but was busy texting till race start!
Fueling plan:
I was relying on the water aid stations
The Race
The run starts on a hill…. That was a
good thing for me because it ensured that I kept things nice and slow at the
beginning. Within a minute you had a
couple of people stop and start walking.
Nearly ran into them as I was into my steady plod.
After about half a mile you look back
over your shoulder and you can see a view of the city that is pretty
breathtaking. If I wasn’t on my way up Everest I may have got my camera out for
a photo. I felt really good going up
this hill that went all the way up to about 2KM and settled a bit. There was a water stop and I had a walk
whilst I drank. It was getting a bit
warm and I was pretty thirsty, so I had another…why not.
I reckon at this point you have really
broken the back of the nasty hill, after that there was other hills but no
where near as relentless. The road takes you past the TV Studios at the top
which was at least something different to look at. One of the great things getting back into
this kind of thing is the diversity of people you see running. You had guys with personal trainers, groups
of pink ladies and little kids.
I was about 5KM in and I realized that
I was really enjoying it I hadn’t felt any kind of distress at all and was
really happy to keep it steady. One thing that surprised me was the
downhills, It is difficult to find a
comfortable pace when the hills are that steep.
I was going down them full tilt which probably isn’t a good thing but I
felt happy at the time.
Throughout the run I never felt any
discomfort until about 9KM when it flattened again. My quads were feeling weird after the
downhill. So I went steady for a couple
of minutes, then decided as I felt so fresh to run it in for the last K or
so. Just one thing though there is a
sneaky hill around 10K mark.
Didn’t slow me too much and I sprinted the last 100 metres my
heartrate peaked crossing the line at about 184!
Happy enough with my splits as it
wasn’t really a race for me and definitely got easier by the halfway mark.
Anyway it may improve my attitude towards negative splits!
Splits:
Mile 1 11:44 AVG HR 152
Mile 2 11:09 AVG HR 152
Mile 3 10:14 AVG HR 155
Mile 4 10:28 AVG HR 160
Mile 5 07:54 AVG HR 154
Mile 6 09:14 AVG HR 165
Finish line:
The finish line was hidden round a corner on a little incline
next to the Car Park for Botanical gardens.
Nice cold bottle of water waiting for me!
Post race analysis:
Really important run for me as it summed up everything I am
trying to get out of my running at the moment.
Enjoyed just running and never once felt uncomfortable. Felt great at
the end and would do it again tomorrow. This is what I want to take towards my
Marathon goals. If I can run them like
this I will be stoked.
This is an event that has ‘character’
It was a well organized event. Well done
to all involved and please keep this event going.
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