Full/ultra marathon #47
Chose to register for this full marathon on the last day - May 9 - $125. Wanted to be sure I could run this as I ran the Waterloo Marathon and Toronto Marathon in the past 2 weeks. This is the inaugural year of the full marathon.
Woke up at 3 AM to make it to Dunnville by 6:20 AM. Thank goodness for my iPhone map as I arrived at 5:20 AM. Duncanville has a population of 12 000, approximately 50 km from Hamilton. Parked the car near the finish line and school bus took us to the start line.
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| 50 feet statue of town mascot, "Muddy" the Mucat. Very cool. |
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| Start line. A small race with about 125 registered in the full marathon. |
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| 1 K |
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| 2 K - Lake Erie at the left of photo |
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| 3 K |
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| 8 K -- ran on a variety of surfaces - sometimes rocks, other times dirt, other times on pavement. |
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| 9 K |
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| 11 K - course is advertised as flat -- however, there were numerous rolling hills. |
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| 24 K -- more uphills |
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| 27 K -- had to remove jacket as it was getting hot (17C) -- a race car came by and took my jacket to the finish line (however, my car key and health card were in the jacket -- argh!) |
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| 36 K - thank you to the wonderful volunteers at the water stations. |
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| 37 K |
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| 41 K |
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| Finish line in sight! Glad my jacket was sitting on a railing at the finish line; else, I would not have my car key. |
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| Proud little brother, Bud! |
Chip Time = 5:43:41.03
8:09/km
7.4 km/h
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