50 Plus April Running and Racing

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<p>Boston runners have only 6 days!</p>
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Ryan Hall's preparation for Boston:</p>
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<p><a href="http://video.competitor.com/2011/04/running/training-day-with-ryan-hall/" target="_blank">http://video.competitor.com/2011/04/running/training-day-with-ryan-hall/</a><br>
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<p>Cytocakes... Yum yum... <span><img alt="sign18.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/sign18.gif">  [not]</span></p>
<p>Love to watch that guy run though. Will be interesting to see how he does this year.</p>
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<p>Had some good running this week, and workouts at the gym. But my legs are tired so DH and I just did a walk around campus today at lunchtime. I might run a bit tonight on the treadmill, but might not and call it a rest day. I guess it is anyway... 5k race in the morning, but it's really hilly and still very icy out there. We walked part of the course today, and I'm sure they'll have to re-route part of it or there <span style="text-decoration:underline;">will</span> be falls. I'll do some before and after for 9 or so for the day. 18 is the plan on Sunday.</p>

<p>The Women:</p>
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<p><strong>1</strong> Keitany, Mary (KEN) 02:19:19</p>
<p><strong>2</strong> Shobukhova, Liliya (RUS) 02:20:15</p>
<p><strong>3</strong> Kiplagat, Edna (KEN) 02:20:46</p>
<p><strong>4</strong> Bekele, Bezunesh (ETH) 02:23:42</p>
<p><strong>5</strong> Baysa, Atsede (ETH) 02:23:50</p>
<p><strong>6</strong> Akaba, Yukiko (JPN) 02:24:09</p>
<p><strong>7</strong> Mikitenko, Irina (GER) 02:24:24</p>
<p><strong>8</strong> Augusto, Jessica (POR) 02:24:33</p>
<p><strong>9</strong> Kebede, Aberu (ETH) 02:24:34</p>
<p><strong>10</strong> Konovalova, Mariya (RUS) 02:25:18</p>
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<p>"<span><strong>Mutai at 40km, and the time is 1:58:05</strong></span>, and Mutai is flying!  He's going to break the course record, and run one of the fastest marathons in history!  And that's off the back of a relatively conservative period from 5km to 30km - 62:44 at halfway, and the section 5km to 30km was run at 2:06:11 pace.  So <b>Mutai is going to go under 62 minutes for the second half!</b><br><br>
Exceptional running!  Martin Lel has hung in there and is second, 53 seconds down, with Makau just behind him in third.  Makau will probably catch him.  That means that Lel and Makau have maintained the pace and are on course for around 2:05:30, which is exactly what the halfway split predicted. So Mutai has been the man to emerge from the pack today with an outrageously fast second half.  His <span style="background-color:#FFFF00;">last 5km were covered in 14:19, following on from a 14:26, and that's 2:52/km.</span><br>
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<p><span style="background-color:#FFFF00;"><span style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"><b>Mutai has won in 2:04:40</b>, making him the fourth fastest man in history, behind Gebrselassie, Kibet and Kwambai (Geb has run faster twice, incidentally).  It's a course record, and it's been achieved with a second half of 61:56, which is super quick.  The <span style="background-color:#FFFF00;">final 12km, incidentally, from 30km, were covered in 35:20, which is 2:54 pace, or a 2:02 marathon!"</span></span></span><br>
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<p>That's an amazing time (to me) for a 5k, much less the last 5k of a marathon! Wow, incredible.</p>
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<p>My 5k was not quite so impressive, but I did get a first in my AG so that's cool. Ok, so it's not a very competitive age group, but still. I ran 23 minutes pretty much on the nose, started out a little behind the pack because I was late getting back from my (shortened) warm up. Oh well, it's all good. They did re-route the course and that added a little bit more hilly stuff, and there was still some ice so I'm happy with it. Had a nice 6 mile run afterwards with the last half all under 8's. </p>
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<p>Today was 18 miles, and I was bored with my old route that I've been doing because everything else is so icy. Had DH drop me off in the valley north of us, and I ran along the road that more or less parallels the road I normally run on, just following the next ridge of hills. I forgot how damn hilly that road was! Still, after the fast hard run(s) yesterday, I was happy with how I did on the hills, just taking a couple breaks here and there to catch my breath and text DH to let him know how I was doing. 18 miles @ 8:09 avg pace, capping a 56 mile week. Next week should be a little more than that, with a 20 miler next Sunday. I think I'll find something a little less hilly for that one.</p>