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The race finally came and went. I trained hard to try to reach the goal of finishing the race in under 4 hours, but was unable to do so. Had a great start and was on pace to finish in under 4 hours, but my endurance was lacking and my pacing fell off a cliff after about 33km. Ended up running the final 9km at a slow pace and failed my sub 4 hour finish time attempt. Will try again next year. I did get a personal best though, so I guess the results isn't all bad. Will need work harder on training up my endurance next year, so I can keep pace and push through the final portion. Here are the results. I blocked out the actual time and average pace so it can't be used to cross reference with the official site to doxx my real name. Just showing that I finished in over 4 hours.
Got another piece of useless hardware to put in the box with the other useless hardware. Indulging in an ice cold beer and a delicious Krispy Kreme doughnut. Taking in all that alcohol, processed sugar, and seed oil, while not giving a fuck. Whiskey to come tonight. Life is good!
1000 sats to you! CONGRATULATIONS!
Processed sugar well earned. I’ve enjoyed folllowing your marathon journey on ~HealthAndFitness
I get all the warm fuzzy feeling like I was running and training for the race right alongside you, but without having to run laps around all of Vancouver!
Congrats!
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10 sats \ 1 reply \ @gnilma OP 22h
Aw man, thank you for the support and your sats! And most importantly, thank you and your co-founders for creating this territory so I can post about my weak ass marathon training log and my failed sub 4hr marathon attempt haha.
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I won’t say @grayruby @Undisciplined and @IamSINGLE are laughing at your weak ass and your failures, but I am 👺
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Badass! Grab one of those nasty Krispy Kreme drinks, too. You earned it.
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Haha, my wife bought a dozen from the park from a kid fund raising to go play football (soccer) in Europe. We live pretty far away from the only Krispy Kreme store in Greater Vancouver, so we don't head over there often. Can go get an extra large, extra fat smoothie from McDonald's though, haha.
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21 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby 5 May
Congrats on finishing. Sub 4 hours next time.
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Thanks! That's the goal.
You watching the Warriors Rockets game? I'm at my son's ringette practice, so can't watch the game.
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21 sats \ 2 replies \ @metkram 18h
Did you throw up after the race?
All my long runs over 20k had the same finish, all food and water were "escaping" from my body.
What about an average heart rate, why is it so high? Were you training always with 170+?
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No, I did not throw up after the race. I've never thrown up after long runs.
I usually train with 160ish heart rate. I think I was going harder than usual because I wanted to complete the run in under 4 hours, which had been my goal throughout training. Which is probably why I couldn't sustain the pacing past 33km and became much slower during the final 9 or so kilometers.
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @metkram 12h
You're an iron man. It's great to have so strong stomach. Never completed 42'195, it's still my dream. The longest run was 33k and I felt so bad I thought I'm dieing.
I wish you reach your goal next time even it'll be 03:59:59:999
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你够牛
加油
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謝謝!
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Congrats on the PR! Keep chopping off the minutes. Be sure to write down what went well & where you can improve: running, gear, nutrition, mentally, and prep to see where you can improve next time! Gotta have the positive imagery! Cheers 🍻
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Thank you for the tips! Cheers!
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