Rotterdam marathon 2011

Rotterdam marathon You run, we banana (10.4.2011)

Race completed and some pictures in Mopsi. I was just supposed to track the race into Mopsi but since the phone did not fit into pocket conveniently I carried it in my hand all the way. And ended up taking few photos while running as well, see below. First visit to Netherlards (beyond Schipol airport). Indeed nice places and country is flat like pancake, I don't remember spotting a single (natural) hill. Good for biking.

During the running, +12 C in start and +16 C in the finish line. But sun was shining so shorts and t-shirt clearly enough, even hot at places. Those energy gels I had tasted disgusting and just upset the stomach and I don't know if they did help at all. My pace degraded towards the end. According to the first half I estimated 3:05 but finished with 3:10 exactly as the final result. Not the same collapsion as in Singapore last year but today's condition did not allow to do any better than this. No problems with endurance but more on the speed.

After the race, one toe had quite large blister that was given first aid by the medical staff after the race. Hip and legs ached a lot, and I could also not eat for several hours due to upset of stomach. Tough race. One runnning picture is (was) here.

Best banner along the track was the one having "YOU RUN, WE BANANA". Made my smile. :-)

Summary

Finish time: 3:10:00
Ranking: 668 / 7325
Pace: 4:30 min/km
Weather: 12-16 C, sunny (source)

	5k	10k	15k	20k	Half	25k	30k	35k	40k	42k
Total time	0:21:11	0:42:20	1:03:30	1:25:12	1:30:15	1:47:46	2:10:29	2:34:36	2:59:24	3:10:00
Pace	4:14	4:14	4:14	4:20	4:18	4:31	4:33	4:49	4:58	4:30

Top-10

#       Name              Country    Time
1       Wilson Chebet     Kenia      2:05:27
2       Vincent Kipruto   Kenia      2:05:33
3       Chele Dechasa     Ethiopia   2:08:47
4       Eliud Kiptanui    Kenia      2:09:08
5       Alemayehu Shumye  Ethiopia   2:09:36
6       Michael Kipyego   Kenia      2:11:03
7       Feyisa Lilesa     Ethiopia   2:11:42 
8       Koen Raymaekers   Nederland  2:13:41
9       Julius Mbugua     Kenia      2:14:11
10      Zemiro Zohar      Israel     2:14:28

Top-10 Finns

Bib     Name              City       Net time  Gun time
1461    Marko Vaittinen   Forssa     2:31:14   2:31:17
7215    Petri Kykyri      Kalvia     2:41:16   2:41:20
F1457   Johanna Kykyri    Kälviä     2:46:23   2:46:27
F212    Laura Markovaara  Helsinki   2:46:40   2:46:44
7660    Jaakko Pyykönen   Espoo      2:57:40   2:57:45
1109    Kari Kautio       Oulu       3:03:27   3:04:57
853     Pekka Vuorinen    Helsinki   3:10:21   3:10:21
7684    Pasi Fränti       Joensuu    3:10:00   3:10:23
6766    Tuomo Sibakov     Kaarina    3:12:38   3:14:14
2071    Jouni Marjo       Helsinki   3:14:08   3:15:35

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