Race Report - Billy Taylor Memorial 15k, 2004

SwStudio said:

I just ran a hilly 15km race in the absolute worst weather
conditions I've experienced in a while!

.....

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If the weather was any different I am confident I would
have run 56:00 -
56:30 for that course. Still, it was a lot of fun in a
weird way. I won a $25 gift certificate to the local
running store.

nice effort, david.

funny how weather affects us all in different ways. your
race suffered due to wind and rain. today morning, i went
for a speedwork session and the heat got me. don't know what
it was then, but right now, it's about 90F(33C).

jobs

Nice run David. It was a tough run but not quite as bad as
the previous week when my group did the route as a training
run. We had hail, thunder and lightning. It was strangely
invigorating though. I did the run a LOT slower than you did
- around 1:28:00 but was pleased to finish under 1 1/2 hrs.
What was really memorable though was that the 5 km was
walked by a 103 year old lady. She successfully completed
the race and she also won a bicycle for the number of
pledges she collected.

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I just ran a hilly 15km race in the absolute worst weather
conditions I've experienced in a while!

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I just ran a hilly 15km race in the absolute worst weather
conditions I've experienced in a while!

Wow. Tough race! These have to be the worst conditions for a
run, let alone a race. Getting the gear just right requires
a lot of planning. What did you wear?

What's the deal with you and your racing? Always having to
overcome extreme adversities. ;-)

Phil M.

--
"Pain is temporary: the success it brings can be
everlasting." -fortune cookie

hey, great race, David! especially if you factor in the
fairly recent surgery you went through. fully recovered,
i take it?

must be very cool running so many local races with those top
Kenyans not far ahead of you. nice job staying with the
chase pack for so long. too bad you could't quite hold onto
that. but you weren't far off your predicted 56:00-56:30.

Cam

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SwStudio said:

I just ran a hilly 15km race in the absolute worst weather
conditions I've experienced in a while!

It was 3C (38F) with a steady baseline wind of 30 - 35km/h
(about 20mph) that regularly gusted to 55 - 60km/h (35 -
40mph) and stayed there for like, a minute or more at a
time, to a point that it became a little comical. Oh, it
was also raining hard... like a steady gale of really
cold, drenching water that stopped briefly with about a
mile to go.

Two Kenyans showed up for the money ($300, $200, and $100
for 1st, 2nd and 3rd, respectively), so I knew I wasn't
winning anything. The race began with the Kenyans and took
off one local guy who is one of the best runners in
Southern Ontario taking the lead, so there were the top 3
right there.

I ended up in a chase group of 5 runners, taking turns
sharing 4th place. We ran the first 3km in 10:54, but as
I mentioned the wind was just horrendous, so we were
already fighting it. It really took it's toll on
everyone.The serious hills started at around 10km. We had
reached 8km in 31:19 and 10km in 38:38, which if you know
my times really illustrates the problems with the driving
wind and rain.

After the hills our little chase group started thinning
out; helped along by a pair of sub-6 minute miles thrown
in right when the hills ended. I had a little lapse and
found myself drifting back a little. I was never able to
regain 4th, and slipped back to 7th overall in the final
10 minutes, finishing in 57:44.

The winner ran a 53:33, and I've personally seen him run
under 46:00 for 15km so he suffered, too, seemingly more
than me.

If the weather was any different I am confident I would
have run 56:00 -
56:30 for that course. Still, it was a lot of fun in a
weird way. I won a $25 gift certificate to the local
running store.

thanks for reading!

cheers,

Nice racing in difficult conditions.

Good effort after the recent surgery. Thanks for the report
- interesting as usual. How far ahead of you was the 4th
place finisher?

Anthony.

Wow, congrats on a tough effort. Sounds like you're in
pretty good position given your recent difficulties; you've
got some work to do, but I have faith in you.

--
Brian P. Baresch Fort Worth, Texas, USA Professional editing
and proofreading

If you're going through hell, keep going. --Winston
Churchill

"Jane" <[email hidden]> wrote in message

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Nice run David. It was a tough run but not quite as bad as
the previous week when my group did the route as a
training run. We had hail, thunder and lightning.

I remember that. In fact, I taped it with my digital Dv
recorder. It was some crazy weather. Still, the wind and
rain between about 6km and 12km was unbelievable. I think
the 5k runners missed the worst of it, because it truly got
bad! Comically, it all died down a little with about a mile
to go. It wasn't even raining hard when I crossed the line,
but it started back up again shortly after. Maybe you
remember that period as well.

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It was strangely invigorating though. I did the run a LOT
slower than you did - around 1:28:00 but was pleased to
finish under 1 1/2 hrs.

If you even came close to your goal, you ran a good race!

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What was really memorable though was that the 5 km was
walked by a 103 year old lady. She successfully completed
the race and she also won a bicycle for the number of
pledges she collected.

You know what - I think she was 105 or 106, because it was
explained to me that her bib was her birthyear, and it
said '1898'. I couldn't believe it. She was very alert and
healthy-looking!

cheers,
--
David (in Hamilton, ON) www.allfalldown.org "The most
insecure people are the ones you see, putting other people
down constantly."

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"SwStudio" <[email hidden]> wrote in

Quoted message said:

I just ran a hilly 15km race in the absolute worst
weather conditions I've experienced in a while!

Wow. Tough race! These have to be the worst conditions for
a run, let

alone

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a race. Getting the gear just right requires a lot of
planning. What did you wear?

I wore tights (my lightest pair, they are super-thin) and a
coolmax t-shirt with one of those common NB windbreakers. I
also wore gloves and a backwards coolmax baseball-style hat,
along with glasses. Always the glasses.

My neck and exposed face were very cold during the race in a
windburned kind of way. The hands got cold, too.

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What's the deal with you and your racing? Always having to
overcome

extreme

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adversities. ;-)

bwahaha. So it seems, these days!

cheers,
--
David (in Hamilton, ON) www.allfalldown.org "The most
insecure people are the ones you see, putting other people
down constantly."

"Anthony" <[email hidden]> wrote in message

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Nice racing in difficult conditions.

Good effort after the recent surgery. Thanks for the
report - interesting as usual. How far ahead of you was
the 4th place finisher?

Thanks, Anthony. The guy in 4th ended up finishing 28
seconds ahead of me, so I really screwed up.

cheers,
--
David (in Hamilton, ON) www.allfalldown.org "The most
insecure people are the ones you see, putting other people
down constantly."

"onemarathon" <[email hidden]> wrote in
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hey, great race, David! especially if you factor in the
fairly recent surgery you went through. fully recovered, i
take it?

Yes, I am - but my training recovery is still not back yet.
Yesterday's race made that evident!

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must be very cool running so many local races with those
top Kenyans not far ahead of you. nice job staying with
the chase pack for so long. too bad you could't quite
hold onto that. but you weren't far off your predicted
56:00-56:30.

Yeah, I had a mental lapse of about a minute... that's all
it takes. 🙁

The weather was exactly like that marathon you and I did
together, except all the elements (wind, rain) were twice as
bad. Same idea, though.

cheers,
--
David (in Hamilton, ON) www.allfalldown.org "The most
insecure people are the ones you see, putting other people
down constantly."

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SwStudio said:

I just ran a hilly 15km race in the absolute worst
weather conditions I've experienced in a while!

.....

Quoted message said:

If the weather was any different I am confident I would
have run 56:00 -
56:30 for that course. Still, it was a lot of fun in a
weird way. I won

a

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$25 gift certificate to the local running store.

nice effort, david.

funny how weather affects us all in different ways. your
race suffered due to wind and rain. today morning, i went
for a speedwork session and the heat got me. don't know
what it was then, but right now, it's about 90F(33C).

I like running in the heat. It doesn't seem to affect me as
much as most people!

cheers,
--
David (in Hamilton, ON) www.allfalldown.org "The most
insecure people are the ones you see, putting other people
down constantly."

"SwStudio" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
Still, the wind and rain between about

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6km and 12km was unbelievable. I think the 5k runners
missed the worst of it, because it truly got bad!
Comically, it all died down a little with about a mile to
go. It wasn't even raining hard when I crossed the line,
but it started back up again shortly after. Maybe you
remember that period as well.

I'm always impressed at how lucid your reports are. For me,
it seems to pass in a blur. I do recall that it was
particularly bad going into Arkell (about the half way mark)
with very strong gusty winds. I just kept thinking that if I
could make it to the corner it would be better --and it was
for awhile (that would be about when you were finishing).
But I still had the hills to go.....

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You know what - I think she was 105 or 106, because it was
explained to me that her bib was her birthyear, and it
said '1898'. I couldn't believe it. She was very alert and
healthy-looking!

I believe she was interviewed by CTV. She said
something about people needing to get out of their
chairs. Hurrah for that!

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SwStudio said:

"onemarathon" <[email hidden]> wrote
in message

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hey, great race, David! especially if you factor in the
fairly recent surgery you went through. fully recovered,
i take it?

Yes, I am - but my training recovery is still not back
yet. Yesterday's race made that evident!

Quoted message said:

must be very cool running so many local races with those
top Kenyans not far ahead of you. nice job staying with
the chase pack for so long. too bad you could't quite
hold onto that. but you weren't far off your predicted
56:00-56:30.

Yeah, I had a mental lapse of about a minute... that's all
it takes. 🙁

The weather was exactly like that marathon you and I did
together, except all the elements (wind, rain) were twice
as bad. Same idea, though.

cheers,

ha... that marathon! it was messy, but i'm sure it could
have been worse. it's character-building doing races like
that. got enough character yet? i do.

Cam

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SwStudio said:

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SwStudio said:

I just ran a hilly 15km race in the absolute worst
weather conditions I've experienced in a while!

.....

Quoted message said:

If the weather was any different I am confident I
would have run 56:00 -
56:30 for that course. Still, it was a lot of fun in a
weird way. I won

a

Quoted message said:

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$25 gift certificate to the local running store.

nice effort, david.

funny how weather affects us all in different ways. your
race suffered due to wind and rain. today morning, i
went for a speedwork session and the heat got me. don't
know what it was then, but right now, it's about
90F(33C).

I like running in the heat. It doesn't seem to affect me
as much as most people!

cheers,

same here. i feel the heat, but i like it. i like it when
the sweat is dripping off my elbows and hands. and bring on
the humidity, too. i did pretty well (for me) in a ten-miler
race during a super humid day once.

good times,

Cam

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I like running in the heat. It doesn't seem to affect me
as much as most people!

hey, come down to southern california. 100F (38C) right now.

i'll host you. maybe we can run a race together 🙂

jobs

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I wore tights (my lightest pair, they are super-thin) and
a coolmax t-shirt with one of those common NB
windbreakers. I also wore gloves and a backwards coolmax
baseball-style hat, along with glasses. Always the
glasses.

(x) Send pix. ( ) Don´t send pix.

Anders

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"SwStudio" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
Still, the wind

and

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rain between about

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6km and 12km was unbelievable. I think the 5k runners
missed the worst of it, because it truly got bad!
Comically, it all died down a little with about a mile
to go. It wasn't even raining hard when I crossed the
line, but it started back up again shortly after. Maybe
you remember that period as well.

I'm always impressed at how lucid your reports are. For
me, it seems to>

pass in a blur.

I wish it passed in a blur! 🙂

I remember everything - Joseph Nderitu joking with me to
run with him as we ran the first 300 - 400m (he has said it
before, I always laugh 🙂 - the conversations my little
pack had here and there, the thoughts that went through my
head when the pack started it's inevitable stringing out,
....all of
it. I remember chuckling when one of the guys' heart rate
monitor started beeping on the hills. I guess he went
out of his "zone". It was my first time racing with one
of those on myself, actually. It was a learning
experience.

cheers,
--
David (in Hamilton, ON) www.allfalldown.org "The most
insecure people are the ones you see, putting other people
down constantly."

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I like running in the heat. It doesn't seem to affect me
as much as most people!

hey, come down to southern california. 100F (38C)
right now.

i'll host you. maybe we can run a race together 🙂

Hamilton will be like that in less than 2 months, except way
more humid, lol.

cheers,
--
David (in Hamilton, ON) www.allfalldown.org "The most
insecure people are the ones you see, putting other people
down constantly."