Melbourne Marathon Weekend
Shopped, ate, drank more and slept less than we should have but had an absolute ball of a weekend away. Minnie, Heidze and I shared an apartment in Richmond and all of the above. We cheered on all of our great Canberra friends and bumped into a few out in the town.
Heidze and I went for a run on Saturday at the Tan and through the gardens within the perimeter. After the run Heidze decided not to risk a niggle the following day.
Results:
Marathon: Michelle 3:14:00 (huge PB)
Elle 3:29:16
Jeff 3:00:08
Roger 4:10:39
Half Marathon
Maria 97:16 3rd W55-59
Kelley 97:53 2nd W50-54
Tori 108:16
Minnie 112:27
Julia 113:02
Mick 101:27
Pete 2:11:59
10km
sb 34:15, 18th overall, 1st M50
Steve Moneghetti 35:23 2nd M50:-)
Of me: No seeding , no warm up. Although I started on the front line, had to stand still for 35 minutes. A slow start letting the fast runners go and reeling some of them in later. Splits: 17:00, 17:15...pretty even, there were some silly turns and hills in the last 3km, otherwise it would have been a negative split. Lost 15 seconds inside the MCG alone running on wet green plastic. As I discovered watching the main races, best tactic was to run on the firm grass on the inside of the plastic and save 20 metres in the process.
Heidze and I went for a run on Saturday at the Tan and through the gardens within the perimeter. After the run Heidze decided not to risk a niggle the following day.
Results:
Marathon: Michelle 3:14:00 (huge PB)
Elle 3:29:16
Jeff 3:00:08
Roger 4:10:39
Half Marathon
Maria 97:16 3rd W55-59
Kelley 97:53 2nd W50-54
Tori 108:16
Minnie 112:27
Julia 113:02
Mick 101:27
Pete 2:11:59
10km
sb 34:15, 18th overall, 1st M50
Steve Moneghetti 35:23 2nd M50:-)
Of me: No seeding , no warm up. Although I started on the front line, had to stand still for 35 minutes. A slow start letting the fast runners go and reeling some of them in later. Splits: 17:00, 17:15...pretty even, there were some silly turns and hills in the last 3km, otherwise it would have been a negative split. Lost 15 seconds inside the MCG alone running on wet green plastic. As I discovered watching the main races, best tactic was to run on the firm grass on the inside of the plastic and save 20 metres in the process.
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