Sunday, October 07, 2007

The Short Version

I'm posting from an Internet Cafe in Inverness, and have to pay by the minute, so a full race report is out of question (plus, I'm waaaay too tired to write one). You'll have to wait until Monday evening.

3:12:32 (according to my watch)

I didn't quite make the 3:10 I was hoping for, but I'm pretty happy nevertheless. The last two miles were pretty tough and my right calf started cramping, but I just about made it over the line without having to slow down dramatically. It's a PR by over 16 minutes, and I have to be satisfied with that, don't I? Boston 2009 seems to be a real option now.

The weather was pefect, mostly cloudy, hardly any wind, and the temperatures around 13C/55F at the finish.

19 comments:

  1. Nice race, Thomas...a 16 MINUTE PR. That's fantastic! Take it easy now and recover well. Cheers!

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  2. Simply incredible to take that much off you're PR! I'm sure it will be impossible to wipe the big grin off your face for days ;-) Nice work!

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  3. Congratulations on a fantastic race, that is a HUGE PR and something you should be very proud of. All your hard work paid off, again, congrtulations.

    Now rest up:)

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  4. congratulations thomas nice job!!!

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  5. 3:12 is a HUGE improvement!!!

    Wow, congratulations Thomas!!!!!!!!!!!

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  6. Great PR Thomas. Well earned and hard earned by the sounds of it. Looking forward to your full report on Monday. Rest-up now and enjoy the achievement.

    You'll really have the title of your Blog now - even if it is to make the rest of us mortals feel good about ourselves.

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  7. OH MY GOD!!!! i'll start finding a place for you to stay RIGHT AWAY! i am soooo coming to see you!

    CONGRATS!!!! WELL DONE!!!!!

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  8. Smokin'!!!! Great job Thomas! Wow! That is one heck of a PR! Looking forward to the full report. Rest up and congrats!

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  9. Awesome training produces awesome results. Well done!

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  10. Way to go Thomas! That is fantastic. I'm not surprised with the training you did.

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  11. A 16 minute PR?! Sweeeet. Excellent race, Thomas!

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  12. You rock Thomas. That's an fantastic improvement over your already great PR. All that work really paid off for you. Simply inspirational.

    Looking forward to the full report (and perhaps a few pictures)

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  13. Fantastic Thomas - that's a huge PB! You should be waaaay too tired after such a great run.

    Looking forward to "The Long Version".

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  14. Well done sir. I hardly recognize you from a year ago, as you have really come so far since then. So glad to read about this one.

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  15. Well done Thomas!!

    You worked damn hard and reaped the rewards. Congratulations on a huge PR!

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  16. What an amazing accomplishment, congratulations! You are one of those people that make it look so easy, especially on those 'out and back' sections where us slow people get to watch you sail on by us with smooth strides!

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