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Berlin Marathon - 2018
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and still ricky villa wrote: »4:38 per mile.....
I was just looking that up.......
If I could have one of those miles I'd be delighted
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martyboy48 wrote: »I was just looking that up.......
If I could have one of those miles I'd be delighted
Phenomenal stuff.......
104 x 400m intervals (target 70secs) off 0secs recovery
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Long time lurker around here, I followed the thread before the race and it was really useful so I thought I'd do a race report for yiz! That and I've nothing else to do before my (delayed!!!) Ryanair flight back to Kapsisiywa.
Training went well so I was looking forward to the race a lot. There were no tune-up races in my plan, but my club sessions were all pretty solid. I've done Berlin before so knew what to expect. Had a bit of a disaster a few years ago with some bad runners but still managed to somehow finish. Strangely I have a Garmin marathon PB from a training run last year but that wasn't a real marathon so I don't count it. A goal was beat my Garmin PB, B goal was a PB, C goal was to finish the race!
Hit the expo the day before. It was fine, very efficient (insert German reference here) and I tried not to spend too much time on my feet. I picked up a few nice bits of Adidas gear, really like their stuff.
Treated myself to a currywurst after the expo, later on ate some pasta in a local Italian near our Airbnb and settled down early watching some Friends on Netflix. Sleep was ok, woke up at 5.30 or so. Got some porridge and Lucozade Sport into me and then started walking over, our Airbnb was close enough to the start.
I got changed into my racing gear, hit the bag drop and portapotties. I also put on my lucky arm compression sleeves. Dunno why I still wear them!
The first 5k 14:24
Start wasn't congested at all, seemed to open up very quickly. Didn't see the 2 hour pacers at all. I was running with my club mates and the general plan was to stick with them for as long as I could, maybe catching up with the pacers if everything went well on the day.
5k - 10k 14:37
Starting to settle into a rhythm here, slowed down a bit but it was fine. A little behind pace but it's still early days.
10k - 15k 14:37 (haha, what are the chances!)
My mate Kitty dropped out here
15k -20k 14:18
Through halfway at 01:01:06 - only 90 seconds or so off my HM PB! Must have a go at that soon, obviously a bit soft.
20k - 25k 14:28
My other mates dropped out by now. Focussing on my own race.
25k - 30k 14:21
??? Dunno!
30k - 35k 14:18
Ok, time to go for it. I was feeling like I could speed up a little. It was getting a bit warm in the sun, but otherwise weather was great.
35k - 40k 14:30
Ok, just a parkrun to go. Things got really tough. Unbelievably a wheelchair user nearly crashes into me and then decides to go along at my speed for a while.
Somehow managed to speed up and did a bit of a sprint finish (well it felt like it at the time). I didn't get close to the 2 hour pacers (I guess I wasn't that far off them?!) but was happy to have run my own race. After I finished I was delighted and started acting like a bit of an eejit, highfiving randomers. Somehow found my coach quickly enough and I gave him a big hug, it's funny how emotional you can get at the end of a marathon.
Finish time: 2:01:39 Real marathon PB
After a shower we went to a nearby Kenyan bar (yeh I know, stereotypical or what). The atmosphere was a bit spoiled by my club mates dropping out but the beers I had tasted pretty good!!!
Overall Berlin's great. Fab crowds, pretty flat course and the weather is mostly good.
Not sure what's next - might look at some track stuff or maybe mountain races. Chances are I'll just end up doing another marathon, maybe a BQ attempt and then Boston itself!0 -
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You would have been under 2 hours without that currywurst......Long time lurker around here, I followed the thread before the race and it was really useful so I thought I'd do a race report for yiz! That and I've nothing else to do before my (delayed!!!) Ryanair flight back to Kapsisiywa.
Training went well so I was looking forward to the race a lot. There were no tune-up races in my plan, but my club sessions were all pretty solid. I've done Berlin before so knew what to expect. Had a bit of a disaster a few years ago with some bad runners but still managed to somehow finish. Strangely I have a Garmin marathon PB from a training run last year but that wasn't a real marathon so I don't count it. A goal was beat my Garmin PB, B goal was a PB, C goal was to finish the race!
Hit the expo the day before. It was fine, very efficient (insert German reference here) and I tried not to spend too much time on my feet. I picked up a few nice bits of Adidas gear, really like their stuff.
Treated myself to a currywurst after the expo, later on ate some pasta in a local Italian near our Airbnb and settled down early watching some Friends on Netflix. Sleep was ok, woke up at 5.30 or so. Got some porridge and Lucozade Sport into me and then started walking over, our Airbnb was close enough to the start.
I got changed into my racing gear, hit the bag drop and portapotties. I also put on my lucky arm compression sleeves. Dunno why I still wear them!
The first 5k 14:24
Start wasn't congested at all, seemed to open up very quickly. Didn't see the 2 hour pacers at all. I was running with my club mates and the general plan was to stick with them for as long as I could, maybe catching up with the pacers if everything went well on the day.
5k - 10k 14:37
Starting to settle into a rhythm here, slowed down a bit but it was fine. A little behind pace but it's still early days.
10k - 15k 14:37 (haha, what are the chances!)
My mate Kitty dropped out here
15k -20k 14:18
Through halfway at 01:01:06 - only 90 seconds or so off my HM PB! Must have a go at that soon, obviously a bit soft.
20k - 25k 14:28
My other mates dropped out by now. Focussing on my own race.
25k - 30k 14:21
??? Dunno!
30k - 35k 14:18
Ok, time to go for it. I was feeling like I could speed up a little. It was getting a bit warm in the sun, but otherwise weather was great.
35k - 40k 14:30
Ok, just a parkrun to go. Things got really tough. Unbelievably a wheelchair user nearly crashes into me and then decides to go along at my speed for a while.
Somehow managed to speed up and did a bit of a sprint finish (well it felt like it at the time). I didn't get close to the 2 hour pacers (I guess I wasn't that far off them?!) but was happy to have run my own race. After I finished I was delighted and started acting like a bit of an eejit, highfiving randomers. Somehow found my coach quickly enough and I gave him a big hug, it's funny how emotional you can get at the end of a marathon.
Finish time: 2:01:39 Real marathon PB
After a shower we went to a nearby Kenyan bar (yeh I know, stereotypical or what). The atmosphere was a bit spoiled by my club mates dropping out but the beers I had tasted pretty good!!!
Overall Berlin's great. Fab crowds, pretty flat course and the weather is mostly good.
Not sure what's next - might look at some track stuff or maybe mountain races. Chances are I'll just end up doing another marathon, maybe a BQ attempt and then Boston itself!
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