Friends,
Let me give you a little bit of background about my first half marathon last Sunday January 17th:
Before the race:
1. Landed on Saturday morning from Philadelphia...18hours flight.
2. No sleep due to jet lag, I saw 2.00 am, 3.00 am, 4.00 am and 5.30 am I "woke up" to go to my first half marathon
3. Week before quite busy during my week stay in Philadelphia...and just 2 days training!
4. Toe nail right foot very injured...today is totally black!!
During the race:
5. First 2 Kms 5 to 10% uphill,
6. Late start...then zigzag during 1.5 Kms to get some space to run free
7. Too fast first 10K: 47', destroyed after Km-13 and survived next Kms...walk-run a lot!
After the race:
8. Exhausted, but, "quite happy overall" but unsure about my heart average beat ...very high!! I don't really know, if my max. is correct, 182 ...next week, I will do a VO2 max and acid lactate test.
Learnt lesson:
9. Focus on %Max run for next one,
10. Rest better and keep training hard...specially my running for my second challenge in 57 days: HIM Singapore 2010!
I attach my garmin connect for you to follow my race:
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/22526019
and the results...overall 351, 72 HM35...
http://www.avohk.org/media/fck/File/ccm2010/ccm2010-avohk-half%20marathon-fullset-results.pdf
Btw, have a look at this video about that interesting challenge about new and old bike technologies:
http://www.daniel-markwalder.ch/webneu/anoceanofsky/index.html
Talk to you next post (which will be just about my next event/race, as I am very busy training, work, family and following 5 rules on my old post)!
"XTB" Xavi.
Snowy Commuter Bike Ride
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Awesome Job, especially with everything you had to deal with.
ReplyDeleteI always go out too fast the first 10k! It's something I need to focus on too.
ReplyDeleteand yah, nxt one w/less jet lag will be sweet!
great time for your first half! I ALWAYS go out too fast. ugh, it's a curse, LOL!
ReplyDeleteEnhorabona per la 1era! pero no has fet cap en un 70.3 abans??
ReplyDeletei per un 70.3 no cal entrenar gaire, si estas acostumbrat a anar en bici 70km i correr mes de 1h....esta fet.no t´obsesionis amb fer molt volum ni doblar..ho acabara sense problemes.
neda tranquil, menja a la bici i regula , no apretis gens, despres correras perfecte.
perdona si et dono consell sense que m´el demanis....
una abraçada i visca catalunya !!
Xavi,
ReplyDeleteÉs cert que vas una mica alt de ppm però no és exagerat, i menys amb les condicions que has fet la cursa, la cosa està en les sensacions, si haguéssis anat còmode sí seria preocupant, però anant fort...
Si a més has acabat corrent i caminant, ja estàs preparat per un ironman, és el què fan el 90% en la marató ;-)
Sort en el Half, fas molta enveja competint en llocs tant exòtics.
T'he adjuntat al bloc i t'he citat en la darrera entrada http://www.ironpanic.com/2010/01/va-de-blocs.html
Ànims.
bueno bueno no entiendo mucho pero me parece interesante tu blog, lo seguire mas a menudo. Un saludo.
ReplyDeleteNice job considering all the challenges you had right beforehand!
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