Weekly Email

May 12, 2008

Hi Guys

I planned on starting this email much earlier in the evening but alas I have managed to screw around enough that it is now after 10:00 pm and I am tired so good night.

haha.. just kidding I do have a few points to cover off

1) Time Trials started tonight with Rob McCue posting the first win of the season - congrats Rob. Terry Clarke will be sending out a separate email with the results.

2) Speaking of results - we had a review of the results of the Full and Half Mississauga marathons this past weekend and we managed to find 20 + FMCT members results.. I truly hope I didn't miss anyone.. but here they are and congrats to all..

It was a busy race.. took me 6 minutes to get to the start line.. talk about lining up in the wrong spot.

10K:
95 Jeff Hennings 45:31 4:37
98 Andrew Jackson 45:47 4:37
270 Dawn Balmer 50:08 5:18


Half Marathon:
58 TERRY CLARKE 1:26:49.2 4:08
114 LAURA GAZZOLA 1:30:26.4 4:18
197 JJ NEELY 1:34:06.9 4:30
456 BRENT PASSMORE 1:39:57.2 4:53
727 JIM DALZELL 1:41:37.8 5:08
900 MARK BOTELHO 1:43:12.5 5:17
806 NATALIE LAPLANTE 1:43:14.9 4:53
1001 MARY NEELY 1:46:57.7 5:01
884 KIRSTEN DUNNE 1:49:17.3 5:16
1264 TERRI RITTER 1:55:08.5 5:36
1914 HERB LOCKHURST 2:00:13.3 6:00
2084 DONALD SARDINHA 2:00:50.7 6:08
2378 GEORGIA GAMBLE 2:06:53.5 6:18
CHRIS DAY 2:10
3103 PETER MOREAU 2:19:23.9 6:54
3920 SUE SITKI 2:56:07.2 8:51

Marathon:
253 DAN HALLORAN 3:33:41.4 5:07
332 GAVIN BARRETT 3:41:06.8 5:16
493 NATALIE WILBY 3:50:53.0 5:34
1248 BRAD GEORGE 4:54:23.0 7:12
3) The spot for the Muskoka weekend is gone - note however that I did get enough responses to prompt me to call the resort and see if there is any more room - I will let you know asap.
The following are a couple of emails relating to this past weekends marathon - enjoy - I asked Gavin for his thoughts on his marathon - thoughts at 37k



Hi Jim - how was your race - hope it was a good
day.

Overall I was happy with the day although I was
disappointed at missing
my goal.

My thoughts - What a difference 5k makes.

At 32 k I ran through the wall marker and I was
pretty sure I was home free. Running in good shape, feeling good, at goal
pace and sitting on a 2 minute cushion that I had built up in the
downhill sections. Although there was that tight feeing in my quads that was
starting to bother me.

Well that "tight feeling" turned into a real
problem
and progressively
made me slower and slower over the next 8k until
the last 2k when I was down to 6 minute k's!
At 37K I knew it was gone - and there was
absolutely nothing I could do about it, I did try to
raise my pace a couple of times and realized my
legs were close to locking up completely. The
struggle now was to finish.

Lessons learned - Quads aside, I felt great and
from a cardio perspective I had a lot left. I think the downhill
sections blew up my
quads in the last 10K - plan to talk to you and
Bill
about training for
downhill's. I believe I have the cardio to run my
time - just need to
strengthen my legs.


Bill V gave me some good advice before the race -
3 points really stuck with me;

1. "At the half-way point it should almost feel
easy - if you feel good there then go for it".
Well it did and I did and it almost worked.

2. "Make sure you have 2 goals - if you miss the
first one you still have something to shoot for".
That was what kept me moving to the finish line.

3. "Even pacing all the way through" - I think I
did that - built a small cushion through the downhill's.
Although I think the downhill's wrecked my legs in the end.


I plan to go at it again in the fall - right now I
am undecided between Niagara, Toronto Int, Toronto Waterfront
or even Picton - any comments?

Thanks,
Gavin