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10 Teiche Einsteiger ¼ Marathon
This was my first trail race since the 6 km Fockeberg run in March, first outing on serious hills since being ill. I had no expectations for pace or finishing time, just wanted to see how I was feeling. I set off with my team mate Sebastian but he left me on the first hill as I didn't want to run too hard at the beginning. When we hit the first step descent, he had about a 100 m lead. I'm struggling with fast descending as I have short legs so I had to let him go. At the first critical turn, he missed it and ran down the wrong way. I shouted after him but he didn't hear me as he was too far. I carried on, hoping he'd get it and turn around soon.

I enjoyed the first loop around the lakes but the short but very steep climbs were hard. Once we had finished our turn around the 6th lake, I saw a very steep climb ahead and decided to walk it to save energy. My legs were grateful. At the drink station, I grabbed a cup of water and then started running again. Sebastian had caught up with me here and we ran together for a while until the descent to start and finish. There he left me again, made use of his longer limbs. I was happy with around 7:30-45 m/m, feeling pretty good. At start and finish, I turned around just at 30 minutes, the announcer shouted some encouragement to make me finish under an hour. If I manage negative splits, it's on! I headed out again, now knowing the climbs so I could pace myself better. The second half felt better than the first but towards the end of these short ramps, I was glad I hadn't signed up for the half. I had also heard that I was 5th lady which served as extra motivation. Third and fourth were a bit too far ahead to catch them. 1 min and 40 seconds respectively are too much on just 5.5 km to catch up.

At the drink station, I made a tactical error and grabbed an isotonic fizzy drink. When I started running again at 7 m/m pace, my stomach made its displeasure known and I nearly threw up. Damned carbonated drinks. I slowed down a bit, calmed down my stomach and then resumed running fast. With about 1 km to go, my team mate Tine met me and paced me downhill to a sub 1 hour finish. Thank you very much. 59:47 official time, extremely happy with that! Negative splits achieved. I finished 5th lady, 16th overall which was a very positive surprise.

1) 0.62mi - 4:53(7:52/mi) 159/166bpm [1250b/mi] 46cal
2) 0.62mi - 5:36(9:01/mi) 166/171bpm [1497b/mi] 56cal
3) 0.62mi - 5:44(9:14/mi) 167/170bpm [1541b/mi] 56cal
4) 0.62mi - 6:28(10:24/mi) 162/168bpm [1685b/mi] 61cal
5) 0.62mi - 4:44(7:36/mi) 164/168bpm [1247b/mi] 46cal
6) 0.62mi - 5:08(8:15/mi) 167/173bpm [1379b/mi] 51cal
7) 0.62mi - 4:52(7:51/mi) 166/172bpm [1302b/mi] 48cal
8) 0.62mi - 5:51(9:24/mi) 169/171bpm [1590b/mi] 58cal
9) 0.62mi - 5:47(9:18/mi) 169/171bpm [1573b/mi] 57cal
10) 0.62mi - 5:51(9:25/mi) 167/171bpm [1572b/mi] 56cal
11) 0.62mi - 4:18(6:55/mi) 172/177bpm [1191b/mi] 44cal
12) 0.11mi - 38(5:50/mi) 176/177bpm [1027b/mi] 6cal