No speed records for me today. \u00a0But then I knew that going into today’s Ottawa Half Marathon since my training has been less than stellar. \u00a0I’ve had more weeks than I care to admit where I was doing well if I managed 20km in total.<\/p>\n
I did however manage to finish in 2:03 something, my common half marathon time from my early half marathon days\u00a0when I was actually training. \u00a0 So essentially what used to be a finish time that required lots of training mileage is now my finish time with a very mediocre training effort. \u00a0Given the fact it was in full sun which doesn’t usually sit well with me, I was actually pleased that the first 16k felt quite steady and pleasant. \u00a0My first 10k was a very comfortable 56 minutes. \u00a0Perhaps the fact that the last 5k were not so pleasant has something to do with the fact that 16k is the farthest I have run in the last two months.<\/p>\n
Technically my time was probably a 2:02. \u00a0Very close to the finish line I stopped to help hold someone up who was very close to crashing down. \u00a0Unfortunately for him his race was finished in a wheelchair. \u00a0I am not sure if I was just more aware of it this time but it seemed like people were dropping like flies. \u00a0I have never seen so many people receiving medical help on the sidelines during a race. \u00a0It was also the first time I saw someone flat out on the road on his stomach, clearly in significant medical distress (he was being attended to when I passed). \u00a0There were people being treated intravenously on the course. \u00a0I saw enough people down that when, around the 19k mark, I suddenly felt chilled and had goosebumps I made myself take a good walk. \u00a0In retrospect I think it was just my drenched body reacting to a sudden breeze but I wasn’t taking any chances that I might be suffering from overheating. \u00a0Yes, all of this made me wonder why we all do this running thing.<\/p>\n
Pictures, expo info and more race details to come later this week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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