Ufdance Runners Quest Half Marathon 2008

By Julien on Tuesday, August 19 2008, 15:25 - Events - Permalink

On Sunday, I ran the Ufdance half-marathon in Hackney marshes. Needless to say that I did a PB (personal best), as this was my first half-marathon :) I ran the 6 laps in 1:32, ranking 29th out of 242 finishers.

Ufdance Half-Marathon 2008


Everything went on globally well, I pushed it the whole way to try to get as close as possible to 1:30. I just had a mild hypoglycemia at the beginning of the fifth lap (15km), that I killed with a Honey Stinger under the tongue. I'll come back later on these gels on this blog. Without that incident I might have been able to shave off another minute.

Lap 114:43
Lap 215:02
Lap 315:02
Lap 415:08
Lap 515:56
Lap 615:05
Finish01:00
Overall1:31:56

The race organisation was very good, friendly and cheerful. I particularly appreciated the "full meal" goodie bag at the finish line (bread, cheese, fruits, sweets, ...).

Ultra not so long race.

Comments

1. On Friday, August 29 2008, 15:29 by Peter Gold

Julien

Fantastic blog with some great info. I tried a honey gel I think on the West Highland Way and they are pretty good; we also had some of the soft gel type sweets that the kids stole but I got one to try and again seemed good.

Do you know when entries open for the MB Ultra? I know they go within an hour or so!

Thanks

Peter

2. On Thursday, September 4 2008, 16:37 by Julien

According to the official web site, registrations will open at Christmas:
www.ultratrailmb.com/page...

There will be a draw, so no need to rush.

3. On Wednesday, August 26 2009, 21:32 by Adele

Great! I did this one too (though nowhere near as fast as you!). What a lovely friendly race it was. Well done.