Hot Half Marathon Tata Steel Marquetteloop, June 23, 2019

August 05, 2019

Disclaimer: Automatically translated from Russian

I will temporarily skip the report about one race and immediately tell you about Tata Steel Marquetteloop.

Being in good shape after Leiden half marathon decided not to put off in a long box and try to run another half marathon in the hope of approaching a little more to 80 minutes. Marquetteloop has been on my list for several years to participate, club colleagues spoke very positively - a flat track, 3 laps of 7 km, a good composition of participants, but not very crowded. Registration is inexpensive (and for all half marathoners out of 80 minutes generally free), not far from home. In general, registered.

A week after Leiden, he participated in another event for 10 km, after which there were 2 weeks to prepare. I decided to dial a relatively large volume of 80 km on them:

Since the beginning of June, the heat has been charged, which, then a little falling, then starting again, lasted almost the whole month. On the eve of the competition, it was not very clear whether the race would take place at all. The organizers held their hands on the pulse and warned that if the temperature was 28 degrees and higher, then the half marathon would be reduced to 14 km, and if it was even hotter, they could even cancel it. This upset - at any temperature above 20 degrees, the odds on the PB strove for zero.

Competition Day. Late start in the lunch area ( after the children’s race ). In the morning, according to forecasts, 26 degrees. There are chances that we will still run the full distance. I’m going to:

and I’m going to Heemskerk. I park my car and go look for a sports complex in which numbers are issued. At the same time I pass by the starting and finish zone:

It starts to warm up. I feel it will be fun. In the gym I get the number:

I slowly change clothes and go out to stretch. I run through the shadows so as not to overheat. At the feet you feel tired from two voluminous weeks. Even though 4 days before the competition I tried to move as little as possible. I return to the hall, wait a little longer and run out to the start.

I sit in the shade at the very beginning of the starting gate, trying once again not to move. Periodically water. In about 20 minutes we are building, shot, ran.

The first lap is getting to know the track. Passed it at the target pace, (wrote split in circles on the issue), but it was rather difficult, so it became clear - I can’t. Starting from the middle of the second round, he simply tried to keep the fastest pace, compatible with the heat, and made sure that I was not particularly overtaken. Although there were few who wanted to. At each water station, he took sponges, squeezed water on his head, wet his hands and neck, then managed to pour another glass on himself and take a little inside. The temperature was 27 degrees. Many thanks to the locals - they pulled splashes from the gardens for watering plants and arranged cool souls. Children stood with water pistols and shot at those passing by. Usually I try to avoid wetting sneakers and clothes, but this time I was not at all against baths.

In general, how long short - ran away. I had no idea what I was counting.

He hung out for about an hour in the finish line, waiting for one-club workers and awards. One comrade came running in a pretty tortured state about 7 minutes after me, the second did not reach at all - as it turned out, he decided not to suffer and was content with two circles. I watched the reward for 14 km, but I did not wait for the medalization of the semi-marathon runners - I went to the base to change clothes and went home.

Then the results arrived: The official result is 1:22:48 5th of 100 in the overall standings 5th of 82 among men

Christian trains in the special troops of our club - the beast. Even in such heat in 71 minutes to run. Joost participated in autumn-winter crosses - also a fast dude, noticeably older than me. He very confidently walked around me this time after the first lap.

This is how the schedule of my suffering looks: