delicate flower
Damn, sucks to hear that someone died. Rest in peace, fellow runner.
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Dave, I posted to you on FB, congrats on the great time and PR! I always fear the GI issues.
Former Bad Ass
Wow. One dead?
Damaris
Skirt Runner
My rule is only one cup of coffee on race morning and no coffee 2 hours before racing. Though, for me the issue is more with the bladder than the gut.
PRs: 5K- 28:16 (5/5/13) 10K- 1:00:13 (10/27/13) 4M- 41:43 (9/7/13) 15K- 1:34:25 (8/17/13) 10M- 1:56:30 (4/6/14) HM- 2:20:16 (4/13/14) Full- 5:55:33 (11/1/15)
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Congrats on a strong race other than your GI issues! I do the same thing the morning of every race (a single cup of black tea) so I am not surprised by unexpected issues. A course PR is still great, and it shows you what you can do if you don't have to deal with that.
So sad to hear that someone died-- They haven't released too many details as of now, but just googling, it looks like it's far from a rarity for this race. Late summer in Virginia Beach is tough, I am sure the weather was a factor. Hope the other hospitalized runners are OK.
Dave, great job on setting a huge PR, I'm sure you'll get that sub 1:30 next year with less coffee.
Very sad to hear that there was a death.
Congratulations on the course, PR, especially in those conditions! Sorry about the GI issues. I really dread having something like that come up in a race, but have been lucky so far.
Glad you stayed safe in those conditions. Very sorry to hear about the death.
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That's a huge improvement. You're obviously doing some great training. Sorry about the stomach troubles. That must be insanely frustrating in a race, and I'd imagine it is quite tough to get your rhythm back.
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Hip Redux
Awesome job getting to the porta potty on time! :P Seriously though, great work in this heat!
Just found out that 13 people ended up in the hospital and one died. RIP runner.
Holy crap.
Mmmmm...beer
Thanks Mitch! This is the first time I've ever had any problems at a race, and at least I know what caused it and can prevent it.
Thanks Meaghan! Yeah, nothing new on race day, I usually stick to that one pretty good, I definitely will from now on!
Thanks Jay! Already have a couple of sub-1:30s in better weather, now I want one in crappy weather. I have a feeling that this winter's marathon training is going to do good things for me.
Thanks Mel! Hope your lucky streak continues, just don't do anything stupid like I did. lol
Thanks SIAR! I didn't have huge hopes for the race given the weather, but I definitely could have run it better if I hadn't sabatoged myself.
Thanks Oski! I don't want to end up as an internet meme! lol
Update on the runner that died, looks like it was most likely a massive heart attack. One of the runners in my club was right behind him when he collapsed, she said he didn't make any efforts to catch himself, and that when they stopped to help him, he was already gone, but they tried CPR until EMS arrived.
-Dave
My running blog
Goals | sub-18 5k | sub-3 marathon 2:56:46!!
Too late.
LOL That's awesome!
I have mixed feelings about running in hot weather. It's going to slow you down without question but it also presents a wonderful challenge in terms of how much to slow. If you don't slow enough, you'll blow up and start walking. Slow too much and you'll leave a ton of time on the course. BTW, I have never bought into the "nothing new on race day" mantra. How do you know if something's going to work on race day until you try it the first time? Admittedly, new stuff in your gut may not be the best idea but even then, I've tried new things on race day just to see how they made me feel. Mind you, I don't do it in goal races but in tune up races, I am more than willing to try new things.
Short term goal: 17:59 5K
Mid term goal: 2:54:59 marathon
Long term goal: To say I've been a runner half my life. (I started running at age 45).
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Wow, D2. In spite of the coffee and oppressive heat and humidity, you ran very well. That is impressive!
You have improved so much and so quickly since you started. Great job!
i am sorry to hear about the other runner.