Gold Coast 100K.
SATURDAY 16/7/05, 6AM, 100K (10.27.03), WEEKLY TOTAL 145.5K, 5 HOURS SLEEP
Gold Coast 100K- 16 laps of a flat 6.25K loop of bike and footpaths in Runaway Bay, QLD. Not my desired surface by any means! 30 starters, 23 finishers, I was 12th, but faded badly in the second half. My hips became painful, plus groin, stomach, lower back, to a lesser extent quad and calf muscles tightened badly, and I had to deal with two bouts of nausea, which several other competitors also reported.
Ran with Spud through 50K, accompanied at times by Fat Bloke, Run67 and Whippet Man, before I faded. Spud went on to finish 7th in 9.34, which is where I should have been given we've been very comparable this year over all distances. Haven't put together a good "back half" of an ultra for a while and it's starting to bother me. During the run I walked each lap of the track whilst eating- at first muffins, chips and nuts, but later on all I could get down was chocolate Moove and the odd banana. At the aid stations I had water mostly, although I had a few cups of Endura which I really did not like.
My guess is that doing rogaines meant I was well adjusted to the metabolic demands of a 100K run but my body structure just wasn't up to it. I stiffened up quite noticeably in the last 15K or so of the Canberra 50K, but then felt fine running 60K on the highway with the Comrades boys a fortnight later- no doubt thanks to the conditioning effect from Canberra. However, my longest runs on sealed surfaces since then have been a few STaRs, which are not quite in the same league (or consistent enough) to condition the body for this sort of stuff, although I am open to other suggestions....? I also got fairly mentally depressed after losing touch with Spud, found the course fairly uninspiring.
The weather was sunny and clear, quite cold at the start rising to about 20 degrees, with a cool breeze fairly constantly. Good running weather.
Particular thanks to my valiant crew, and to Ian Cornelius and his volunteers. Not sure this format of event will lure me again soon though....
This was my 50th marathon/ultra.
Splits for each 6.25K loop:
6.25K 33.48
12.5K 33.48 (1.07.37)
18.75K 34.45 (1.42.23)
25K 33.28 (2.15.52)
31.25K 34.09 (2.50.01)
37.5K 34.08 (3.24.09)
43.75K 34.41 (3.58.50, marathon split 3.45)
50K 35.42 (4.34.33)
56.25K 37.01 (5.11.34)
62.5K 38.38 (5.50.13)
68.75K 41.33 (6.31.46)
75K 44.07 (7.15.53)
81.25K 50.33 (8.06.27)
87.5K 46.49 (8.53.16)
93.75K 46.25 (9.39.42)
100K 47.21 (10.27.03)
Gold Coast 100K- 16 laps of a flat 6.25K loop of bike and footpaths in Runaway Bay, QLD. Not my desired surface by any means! 30 starters, 23 finishers, I was 12th, but faded badly in the second half. My hips became painful, plus groin, stomach, lower back, to a lesser extent quad and calf muscles tightened badly, and I had to deal with two bouts of nausea, which several other competitors also reported.
Ran with Spud through 50K, accompanied at times by Fat Bloke, Run67 and Whippet Man, before I faded. Spud went on to finish 7th in 9.34, which is where I should have been given we've been very comparable this year over all distances. Haven't put together a good "back half" of an ultra for a while and it's starting to bother me. During the run I walked each lap of the track whilst eating- at first muffins, chips and nuts, but later on all I could get down was chocolate Moove and the odd banana. At the aid stations I had water mostly, although I had a few cups of Endura which I really did not like.
My guess is that doing rogaines meant I was well adjusted to the metabolic demands of a 100K run but my body structure just wasn't up to it. I stiffened up quite noticeably in the last 15K or so of the Canberra 50K, but then felt fine running 60K on the highway with the Comrades boys a fortnight later- no doubt thanks to the conditioning effect from Canberra. However, my longest runs on sealed surfaces since then have been a few STaRs, which are not quite in the same league (or consistent enough) to condition the body for this sort of stuff, although I am open to other suggestions....? I also got fairly mentally depressed after losing touch with Spud, found the course fairly uninspiring.
The weather was sunny and clear, quite cold at the start rising to about 20 degrees, with a cool breeze fairly constantly. Good running weather.
Particular thanks to my valiant crew, and to Ian Cornelius and his volunteers. Not sure this format of event will lure me again soon though....
This was my 50th marathon/ultra.
Splits for each 6.25K loop:
6.25K 33.48
12.5K 33.48 (1.07.37)
18.75K 34.45 (1.42.23)
25K 33.28 (2.15.52)
31.25K 34.09 (2.50.01)
37.5K 34.08 (3.24.09)
43.75K 34.41 (3.58.50, marathon split 3.45)
50K 35.42 (4.34.33)
56.25K 37.01 (5.11.34)
62.5K 38.38 (5.50.13)
68.75K 41.33 (6.31.46)
75K 44.07 (7.15.53)
81.25K 50.33 (8.06.27)
87.5K 46.49 (8.53.16)
93.75K 46.25 (9.39.42)
100K 47.21 (10.27.03)
posted by Mister G at 12:16 pm
2 Comments:
Good to have you back mate, and congratulations on the run. You'll get Spud next time - as you say, you two have been competitive all year, so what goes around ...
Taken me a while to catch up on the blogs so sorry this is a bit overdue now.
CONGRATS on your 50th! Well done! Senor G. (or perhaps Senior G now you ave turned 50?) You don't look a day over 49 I must say.
Anyone who can run 100k on a flat, oval; loop after loop must have a very twisted sense of fun :-P I can *almost* understand the appeal with the bush ultras but the track stuff? I think it's amazing you completed 100k of it!
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