Everything is relative eh? Even though I had a pretty good idea of approximately what it would, just for the hell of it I looked up the world record for a 30 km outdoor race. Wanna take a guess?
One hour, twenty seven minutes, and thirty seven seconds!
Approximately 2 minutes per km faster than I just did my 30 K!! And what's more amazing is that the guy did it as part of a marathon which means he ran for another 12 kms afterwards. Furthermore, that was not the fastest 30k ever, as the indoor record (on a track) is almost another minute faster. That's as fast as I can run period!!! Less than 3 mins/km or 17.5 seconds for 100 metre. I think I could maintain it for about 20 seconds.
Everything is relative.
On another note I feel all pumped today. I called the RV place in Penticton and got a spot reserved for the week of the race. For a couple of reasons I was worried that they were out of business. When we were there last time there was already talk about the land being redeveloped for condos, and the park was in fact for sale at the time. Also I had sent them an e-mail before Xmas and didn't get a response. She explained to me that they don't take reservations before the first of January and in actual fact couldn't be bothered to call me back because the week is a sure sellout for them. Anyway, we're in, and that's all that matters. Going back for the second time and knowing the setup is going to be so much less stressful.
Bring it on! I'm ready to go now!!
(swim 1200 metres, 7.4 km run, weights)
"It is an interesting question how far men would retain their relative rank if they were divested of their clothes."---Henry David Thoreau
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Peter
One hour, twenty seven minutes, and thirty seven seconds!
Approximately 2 minutes per km faster than I just did my 30 K!! And what's more amazing is that the guy did it as part of a marathon which means he ran for another 12 kms afterwards. Furthermore, that was not the fastest 30k ever, as the indoor record (on a track) is almost another minute faster. That's as fast as I can run period!!! Less than 3 mins/km or 17.5 seconds for 100 metre. I think I could maintain it for about 20 seconds.
Everything is relative.
On another note I feel all pumped today. I called the RV place in Penticton and got a spot reserved for the week of the race. For a couple of reasons I was worried that they were out of business. When we were there last time there was already talk about the land being redeveloped for condos, and the park was in fact for sale at the time. Also I had sent them an e-mail before Xmas and didn't get a response. She explained to me that they don't take reservations before the first of January and in actual fact couldn't be bothered to call me back because the week is a sure sellout for them. Anyway, we're in, and that's all that matters. Going back for the second time and knowing the setup is going to be so much less stressful.
Bring it on! I'm ready to go now!!
(swim 1200 metres, 7.4 km run, weights)
"It is an interesting question how far men would retain their relative rank if they were divested of their clothes."---Henry David Thoreau
Love
Peter
Woohooo!! Exciting! I love how they were apparently honest and were just like "yeah, we didn't really feel like calling you back..."
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