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Ken & the winner

Ke, Brian & Roy

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Edmonton Marathon

Pictures and details from the Edmonton Marathon on 12 August 2007.

A link to the route map and elevation profile.

Here is a link to my blog post for the event.  Lots of detail. click

12-Aug-07 Edmonton Marathon
80/390
1/2 split 1:40:50

5 23:08 4:37 long uphill for last km
finish heed bottle just before the start
hence didn't need to take it with me on the run.
Drank some Gatorade at first water stop
10 23:35 4:42 uphill for first 1/2 km and then down
Hawrelak park felt uphill all the way
15 24:45 4:56 uphill after Hawrelak park
20 24:03 4:48 some rolling hills
stopped to refill water bottle
25 24:42 4:56 a little off pace in this section.  trying to find a pace to recover and get going again.
30 28:41 5:44 Stopped to re-hydrate and eat a bar
Stopped to refill water bottle with what turned out to not be water
pee break plus ravine monster hill
35 27:31 5:30 refilled water bottle again
stopped briefly to drink 1/2 of the bottle to top up my hydration
first part was slow as I recovered from the monster hill.
pushed the pace as much as possible after refueling.  Pace felt strong and stready.
40 25:28 5:05 recovered nicely in this section.  The actual pace was not really fast but felt fast.
pushed the pace as much as possible again through this section
stopped briefly a couple of times to keep the fluids going in.  This may have slowed the pace.
42.74 11:55 4:20 worked all the way to the finish
passed some folks who took off at 30k
Last 4k were really strong.
3:33:46

3:33:44