i still have a sub 4:30 to chase down but…
4 minute PB
The WORST winds I have ever run in.
Two bathroom stops. Damn my intestines.
Seriously, the hardest I have ever worked on a run. The wind was relentless. I tried to take a salt pill and the wind blew it right out of my hand. Apparently volunteers had to hold the finish line arch down to keep it from blowing down. I think the winds were between 35k and 50k. And we ran well over half of it straight into the gusts. It was nuts but I finished it. I talked to a woman who has done 159 marathons (what?!?) and she said she had never run in wind like today.
I feel like I earned this medal.
You definitely earned it today!! So sorry we didn’t get to meet. So close yet… next time! I hope you’ll be back to do the Road2Hope again! On the way home I heard on the radio that wind was gusting to 60 km/h in Hamilton. Did you notice the “HIGH WINDS” warning on the skyway bridge as you drove home?
I was in the back seat so didn’t notice the sign but I could feel the car being rocked by the winds. The group of us who went down are already planning to go again next year. I think I am also about to sign up for Around the Bay. Do you do that race too?
Kristi, I’ve done the ATB 4 times, but in 2015 I couldn’t because of a conflict with my daughter’s provincial basketball championships. Same thing for 2016, but we should be good in 2017 (as they get older the championships are later in the spring)! It is a great race, but a tough one. Definitely need to work on hill training! The first 22k are pretty flat – it’s the rest that kills you. 🙂 We’ll definitely have to get together on the Road2Hope weekend next year if you do come back.
Hands down my hardest marathon and craziest winds I’ve ever run in! I will always remember how hard it was and I’m sure the memories of this race will get me through some tough runs through the experimental farm this winter!
That being said…..it’s such a great race and course! I enjoyed it so much at the end of the day! We will have to connect here in Ottawa soon!
I’m the same. Despite not reaching my time goals I kind of feel like if I could fight through those winds I could do anything. I wonder what the time effects of that wind would be? 5 minutes…10 minutes…more? I managed to stay at the pace I wanted through the first half, but I think the energy lost trying to maintain it really cost me in the end.
Are you going to do ATB?