So Sunday was my second marathon of the year and the cheer squad consisted of Eleri, Jocelyne, David, Leigh, Brett, Blue and Spongebob this time. They all did a fantastic job out on the course and kept me topped up with gels and powerade. Here is the first cheer stop, it was quite hard to spot them as usual.
I was a bit better on the pace this time and was plugging away at 5 minutes 30 second per kilometre up until about 30km where we turned around and headed back to the city. Then the wind and the heat started to wear away at me and I got slower and had to stop for rests at drinks stations. Here I am a bit earlier looking lively.
As I headed for home the last 8km were very hard and I saw a lady runner collapse in front of me and later I heard a lot of runners had suffered in the heat (hit a top of 30 degrees). Fortunately there were lots of St John's Ambulance around and spectators with water so the lady and a few others I saw on the side of the road were being helped immediately. I bumped into Warren from AU just where the lady collapsed as well and we kept overtaking each other towards the MCG as we took it in turns to run and walk. I finally made it onto the hallowed turf and got high 5s from every volunteer on the way round. It is a fantastic finish to the event and long may it remain.
Thanks to all the supporters who came to the g and cheered people on, the marathon was really well supported this year and it makes a huge difference. Thanks especially to Eleri who puts up with all my angst, quietly supports me and is generally amazing, I couldn't do it without her.
Finally, her I am with medal, blue and having cleaned most of the gunk off my face from energy gels. I made it round in 4:09:51 which I was fairly happy with after the wind and heat had taken their toll.
I was a bit better on the pace this time and was plugging away at 5 minutes 30 second per kilometre up until about 30km where we turned around and headed back to the city. Then the wind and the heat started to wear away at me and I got slower and had to stop for rests at drinks stations. Here I am a bit earlier looking lively.
As I headed for home the last 8km were very hard and I saw a lady runner collapse in front of me and later I heard a lot of runners had suffered in the heat (hit a top of 30 degrees). Fortunately there were lots of St John's Ambulance around and spectators with water so the lady and a few others I saw on the side of the road were being helped immediately. I bumped into Warren from AU just where the lady collapsed as well and we kept overtaking each other towards the MCG as we took it in turns to run and walk. I finally made it onto the hallowed turf and got high 5s from every volunteer on the way round. It is a fantastic finish to the event and long may it remain.
Thanks to all the supporters who came to the g and cheered people on, the marathon was really well supported this year and it makes a huge difference. Thanks especially to Eleri who puts up with all my angst, quietly supports me and is generally amazing, I couldn't do it without her.
Finally, her I am with medal, blue and having cleaned most of the gunk off my face from energy gels. I made it round in 4:09:51 which I was fairly happy with after the wind and heat had taken their toll.
1 comment:
Well done Ed! I also ran the marathon. It was a tuff day. The wind and heat made it a real mental test...
Congrats,
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