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Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Edmonton Marathon: break down by 5k increments

Here's the break down for each 5k
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Dist Time Pace

5 23:08 4:37
- drank some Gatorade at first water stop
- long uphill for last km
- finish heed bottle just before the start
hence didn't need to take it with me on the first part of the run.

10 23:35 4:42
- uphill for first 1/2 km and then down
- Horlek park felt uphill all the way
- wasn’t moving well through most of this section

15 24:45 4:56
- uphill after Horlek park for a good ¾ k

20 24:03 4:48
- some continued rolling hills
- stopped to refill water bottle

25 24:42 4:56
- a little off pace in this section but not from lack of effort

30 28:41 5:44
- stopped to re-hydrate and eat a bar
- Also stopped to refill water bottle with what turned out to not be water
- Finished with pee break plus ravine monster hill (3/4 of a k plus steep)

35 27:31 5:30
- refilled water bottle
- stopped to drink bottle to top up my hydration
- pushed the pace as much as possible here as well after topping up

40 25:28 5:05
- recovered nicely in this section. The actual pace was not on pace but felt fast.
- pushed the pace as much as possible through this section

42.74 11:55 4:20
- worked all the way to the finish
- passed some folks who took off from me at 30k
- Average pace for the last 4k got down to around 4:35. Really strong finish.
Final time: 3:33:46

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