Old Devonport Triathlon Course

As I continue to prepare myself for a run over the marathon distance in July to coincide with the Gold Coast Marathon I am following a training schedule (adaptable according to circumstances). I did 2 laps of this course today.

I'm obviously still not up to speed with my Garmin as it had me starting in a place where I didn't and recorded the first lap as 9.87k while the second identical lap was 10k (what it should be). Hopefully I can get used to it quickly.

I wanted to run at an easy pace of between 6.45 and 7.00 per k but it didn't work out that way. I was running so easily at a sub 6.00/k and was able to maintain that general pace for most of the run. The exceptions were the hills which slowed me down quite a bit.

Perhaps the reason I did as well as I did was that I carried my fuel belt full of Staminade, refilled one empty bottle at 5k and drank from a bubbler a bit further on, while continuing to finish off my Staminade at regular intervals. Also I carried some snakes to nibble at appropriate times. It was b-in-l Bruce who told me how he handles long runs that made me think this way. I now know some spots where I can refill bottles on some of my circuits.

My time of 2.03.37.76 bettered my previous time of 2.09.51.18 by over 6 mins and that included needing a stop at just over the 14k mark at the toilets near the Viet Vets memorial.


Yes, I am a little bit sore but I have always pulled up quite well the day following longer runs, so hopefully the same will be true for tomorrow.

I've put together my splits:

1.   6.18 (crazy start)
2.   5.45
3.   5.46
4.   5.52
5.   5.55
6.   5.54
7.   5.51
8.   5.49
9.   6.11 (incline)
10. 7.10 (steepest hill)
11. 5.49
12. 5.52
13. 5.56
14. 6.24 (brief pause)
15. 7.55 (Viet Vets)
16. 5.55
17. 5.53
18. 6.02
19. 6.31 (incline)
20. 6.40 (steepest hill but 130 meters short by Garmin)