Apologies to Vincent S (7:30am Earlybirds) who I missed last time.
Sat Feb 19th: Rideau Speedeaus
Meet
Five Carleton swimmers participated: Bill C,
Aaron, Lynn, Chris H, Francois A, as
did coach Danny (swimming for Technosport). Here's
how everyone did:
Francois A (Earlybirds; 45-49)
1st: 200fs (2:21.63), 1500fs (19:50.59), 200br (2:51.11) -- all
club records and PBs! (5th in age group)
Bill C (Whitecaps "B"; 40-44):
3rd: 200br (PB); 4th: 50bk; 5th: 100br; 6th: 50br; 11th: 100fs (PB); 13th 50fs
(PB) (14th in age group)
Chris H (7:30am Earlybirds;
30-34): 1st: 50bk, 50br, 50fl, 100IM; 2nd: 50fs (1st in age group)
Aaron M (Whitecaps "A"; 25-29):
1st 50fl, 100IM (8th in age group)
Lynn (Whitecaps "A"; 40-44): 1st:
200fs, 400fs, 1500fs, 200bk, 200br, 400IM (1st in age group and overall for
women)
Danny (Whitecaps "A"; 35-39): 1st: 100fs, 400fs, 800fs
(swimming IM!), 200bk, 200br, 400IM (1st in age group and tied for 1st overall
for men)
Carleton placed 5th overall out of 14 teams. The updated club records
have been posted on the web site and on the bulletin board. Full results
of the meet are at:
http://www.rideauspeedeaus.com
Sat Feb 19th - Sun Feb 20th: LaSalle Masters
Meet
Lina V participated in this meet. She won all her
events and all in great times for this point in the season, especially in the
200br which was just outside her club record set 3 years ago!
Lina V (Whitecaps "A"; 50-54): 1st: 50fs, 50br,
100br, 200br, 50fl, 100IM
Sat Feb 19th - Sun Feb 20th: Keskinada Ski
Loppet
25km Classic:
Jo-Ann H (8:30am Earlybirds): 290th overall, 87th woman
and 15th in her age group in 2:24
Lisa O (Whitecaps "B"): 358th overall; 115th woman and 5th
in her age group in 2:43
50km Classic:
Colette K (8:30am Earlybirds): 281st overall; 37th woman
and 12th in her age group in 4:46
28km Free:
Margie B (Whitecaps "A"): 225th overall; 55th woman and
9th in her age group in 2:11
Andre M (Whitecaps "B"): 285th overall; 209th man and
39th in his age group in 2:31
Natalie A (8:30am Earlybirds): 298th overall; 77th woman
and 14th in her age group in 2:32
Jose (Whitecaps "A"): 297th overall; 215th man and 41st in
his age group in 2:37
50km Free:
Jamie S (High Intensity 1): 37th overall; 37th man and
11th in his age group in 2:35:39.0
Sheila (Whitecaps "A"): 58th overall; 2nd
woman and 1st in her age group in 2:41:40.0
Vincent S (7:30am Earlybirds): 399th overall; 358th man
and 68th in his age group in 4:22
Sat Feb 26th: American Birkibeiner (World Ski Loppet
Series)
Sat Feb 26th: Defiboreal 100km Skate Ski; Forestville,
QC
James Y (6:30am Earlybirds) and
Tom M
(x-Whitecaps "A") participated in this gruelling event.
Tom finished 8th in 6:20:42 and
James was 12th
in 6:44:08. Congratulations, guys! Full details at:
http://www.defiboreal.com/.
Tom wrote a very long race report, which is available on
TriRudy.
Sun Feb 27th: Peterborough 1/2
Marathon
Debbie G (6:30am Earlybirds) participated in this, her
first 1/2 Marathon. Out of 541 competitors, Debbie placed
402nd. She was the 104th woman and 23rd in her age group in 2:06.26.
Congratulations, Deb!! Here's her inspiring race report (from TriRudy):
It is safe to say that I could not have run any harder than I did in the
race. To start with, the sun was shining and although it was about -8 to -10
degrees, I was still able to run with no gloves on.
The first 1 mile I was
rocking and feeling good. My HR was at 183, which is almost Z4 and I was worried
that I would be hurting the latter part of my run by going so fast now. But, I
was feeling so good and strong - I wanted to see how long I could keep it up. I
drove the course the day before so I knew kilometres 3-11 were all hills and
some of them pretty steep (although none were more than 150m). So my strategy
was to go slow up the hills and then use the momentum to sprint down them. It
worked well. The last 1-2 hills started to get pretty tough though and I was
happy when 11 km was behind me. (I did my first 10km in 59min - they had a clock
up at the 10km mark).
The next 5km (11-16km) was a slight incline and things
started to get hard. I managed to keep my HR at high Z2, but not much Z3 (so
around 174-178). The run was gorgeous, so that kind of helped and I managed to
pass a number of people along the way and that gave me confidence (I have never
passed anyone in a race before).
I did not bring water on me, so relied on
the aid stations. I took Gatorade at 4km, but spilled it all over me and it got
sticky, so I decided to stick to water. I ate breakfast at 9:30am (a big one)
and then started the race at 12:30pm. So, I had a gel at 3km, 8km, 11km and
16km. The last gel was hard to get down and my stomach did not like it. I do not
think that I could have taken a 5th gel without getting a stomach ache.
The
last 5km of the race was a slight decline - but by then I was hurting a lot. I
was in mid Z2 and I knew that I had slowed down. My legs were really sore, my
feet hurt - but I was mentally prepared to feel that way because I knew that I
was putting in a solid effort at the beginning of the race. I talked my way
through it and then sprinted the last 400m (well, it felt like a print, but not
sure I was actually sprinting!). I knew at the 10km mark that I would be able to
finish close to 2:06 - which was my dream goal and I think that it what got kept
through the latter half of the race.
So - after taking a photo of me kissing
the medal they gave to all the people who completed the race - my next thought
was: how fast can I do this next year?
Sat Mar 12th: Technosport Arthur Inglis Memorial
Swim Meet
A large contingent of Carleton swimmers will be participating. If you
are looking for something to do given that there are no Masters workouts this
date, spectators are most welcome! The meet is at the University of Ottawa
(Montpetit Hall) and will run from 8:30-10:30am.