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Re: Gary at Quebec City Marathon (report and results)

Posted by David Goodrich on August 27, 2007, 6:27 pm, in reply to "Re: Gary at Quebec City Marathon (report and results)"

Gary,
Congrats!! Nicely done in the HHH conditions over the w/e across the border! Mighta ranked at a 2:50 if it were cooler. Also a nice read as I just opened my latest Marathon and Beyond. Good luck @ Clarence Demar next month, it's a nice course- did it last year although a bit slower than you might put in. See you at NYC.
David Goodrich
--Previous Message--
: Quebec City was fun. Went to this race on a
: last minute decision. My only goals were to
: finish and attempt to break 3 hours...Happy
: to report success at both! Finished 14th
: overall in 2:59:09, 2nd 50-59. This was my
: 48th career Sub 3 hour marathon. Now I'm
: starting to really believe that my goal of
: reaching 50 at NYC is within my reach.
:
: All I need is another 52.4 miles @ 6:53 pace
: to get there! This was my 11th sub 3 in the
: past 2 years so I think I have a fairly
: reasonable shot at recording two
: more.[fingers crossed]
:
: The weather WAS a factor. Heat/Humidity and
: Wind took its toll on everybody, me
: included.(70-77 F and humid during the race
: from weather.com) I tried to form a sub 3
: group just after the start and had a hard
: time convincing everybody (many spoke little
: or no english) to take turns leading into a
: steady 15 mph headwind coming straight down
: the St Lawrence River for most of the first
: 32k. I finally got one runner Gallo Diallo
: from Segal and Montreal to jump in with me
: and we took turns powering thru the wind. We
: quickly moved away from the others by using
: this strategy. Gallo ended up in 22nd in
: 3:03.
:
: My last 8k were not a pretty thing. Another
: thing besides the beach like weather that
: was hard for me is that the kilometers were
: marked and they counted down starting at 42
: km then 41 km and so fourth. I knew this in
: advance and knew I needed to run about 4:16
: per km to break 3, but it was weird with
: signs every Km then trying to figure out
: what 33 km meant and if you'd run that far
: or still needed to? They did have every 5
: miles marked so that helped. I really
: noticed the math mind numbing Km marks when
: they reached 5 k to go even though I know
: that is 3.1 miles, it was still hard to see
: a 5 anything because MILES are so ingrained
: in my thinking, all I could see was a big 5
: then 4, 3, 2 etc. and all I could think was
: shoot me now because I can't run that many
: more MILES at this pace.
:
: The QC Marathon treated me VERY well by
: including me in their generous VIP program.
: Thanks to Johanne and her staff! I was
: awarded bib number 15. I told her I hoped to
: do it justice, I hope my 14th place finish
: made them feel I was somewhat worthy. This
: race is a good one. I highly recommend this
: event! I even met a runner from Quebec who
: recognized the Crow singlet as being of a
: MAINE club. Pretty cool that even in another
: country our Crow is a recognizable symbol!
:
: I'm very happy to get this one out of the
: way. I'd don't choose to run marathons
: because they are easy for me [or anyone] and
: running marathons in August doesn't make
: them any easier.
:
: Cheers
:
: Keep running
:
: gary
:
:
:
:
:

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Gary at Quebec City Marathon - Larry August 26, 2007, 1:26 pm

Re: Gary at Quebec City Marathon (report and results) - gary August 27, 2007, 12:13 pm

the list - gary August 27, 2007, 3:43 pm

Re: the list - B August 27, 2007, 4:17 pm

Re: Gary at Quebec City Marathon (report and results) - David Goodrich August 27, 2007, 6:27 pm

Re: Gary at Quebec City Marathon - SlowJoeCrow August 28, 2007, 3:08 am

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--Previous Message-- : Gary, : Congrats!! Nicely done in the HHH : conditions over the w/e across the border! : Mighta ranked at a 2:50 if it were cooler. : Also a nice read as I just opened my latest : Marathon and Beyond. Good luck @ Clarence : Demar next month, it's a nice course- did it : last year although a bit slower than you : might put in. See you at NYC. : David Goodrich : : --Previous Message-- : Quebec City was fun. Went to this race on a : last minute decision. My only goals were to : finish and attempt to break 3 hours...Happy : to report success at both! Finished 14th : overall in 2:59:09, 2nd 50-59. This was my : 48th career Sub 3 hour marathon. Now I'm : starting to really believe that my goal of : reaching 50 at NYC is within my reach. : : All I need is another 52.4 miles @ 6:53 pace : to get there! This was my 11th sub 3 in the : past 2 years so I think I have a fairly : reasonable shot at recording two : more.[fingers crossed] : : The weather WAS a factor. Heat/Humidity and : Wind took its toll on everybody, me : included.(70-77 F and humid during the race : from weather.com) I tried to form a sub 3 : group just after the start and had a hard : time convincing everybody (many spoke little : or no english) to take turns leading into a : steady 15 mph headwind coming straight down : the St Lawrence River for most of the first : 32k. I finally got one runner Gallo Diallo : from Segal and Montreal to jump in with me : and we took turns powering thru the wind. We : quickly moved away from the others by using : this strategy. Gallo ended up in 22nd in : 3:03. : : My last 8k were not a pretty thing. Another : thing besides the beach like weather that : was hard for me is that the kilometers were : marked and they counted down starting at 42 : km then 41 km and so fourth. I knew this in : advance and knew I needed to run about 4:16 : per km to break 3, but it was weird with : signs every Km then trying to figure out : what 33 km meant and if you'd run that far : or still needed to? They did have every 5 : miles marked so that helped. I really : noticed the math mind numbing Km marks when : they reached 5 k to go even though I know : that is 3.1 miles, it was still hard to see : a 5 anything because MILES are so ingrained : in my thinking, all I could see was a big 5 : then 4, 3, 2 etc. and all I could think was : shoot me now because I can't run that many : more MILES at this pace. : : The QC Marathon treated me VERY well by : including me in their generous VIP program. : Thanks to Johanne and her staff! I was : awarded bib number 15. I told her I hoped to : do it justice, I hope my 14th place finish : made them feel I was somewhat worthy. This : race is a good one. I highly recommend this : event! I even met a runner from Quebec who : recognized the Crow singlet as being of a : MAINE club. Pretty cool that even in another : country our Crow is a recognizable symbol! : : I'm very happy to get this one out of the : way. I'd don't choose to run marathons : because they are easy for me [or anyone] and : running marathons in August doesn't make : them any easier. : : Cheers : : Keep running : : gary : : : : : : :

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