Nathan Veldhoen

fall classic medal...pretty

Decided to head down to UBC for the Fall Classic for the second year in a row.  Was a pretty cool and crappy morning but still had a pretty good runner turn out.  Same route as last year but it seemed a little skinny on water stations.  Did the walk up sign up for 80 bucks for the 8:30 start.  Finished up with a 1:29.04 chipped time.  Kinda happy with it, since there was a decent wind in some sections.  One more run, and then I’ll be finished for the 2009 running season.

Got the results back from the Innovative Fitness Half Marathon in White Rock.  Pretty solid run, but I would have to say it was one of the tougher half routes I’ve done.  A lot of turns and gradual hills that gives you some pretty heavy legs.  Small run with just over a hundred entries but  it is a well organized and marked.   I think the finish had to be my favorite, finishing up on a track, the 9 am start isn’t so bad either.

chucked a 1:29.14 placed 8th.  Gearing up for the full marathon now…

Some quick shots just before the run.

After the run, jumped into the truck and ran out to North Van and did the grid.  Here are some shots from on top of the mountain.

I’ve been stepping up my training in the last month for two runs that are coming up here in the next few weeks/month.  Going to go hit up the Innovative Fitness Half-Marathon on the 20th of this month in White Rock, BC.  Looking to go under 1:30,   I’ve been told the course is pretty up and down so we’ll see if that will do anything to my time.  Pretty pumped, I haven’t done a race in awhile.

Then in October I’ll be trying to better my time since Vancouver Full Marathon.   On the 11th of October the Royal Victoria Marathon will be going down.  I’m hoping if everything goes well to get  down around 3:10-3:12.  Boston qualifier for my age group is anything around 3:10 so that would be nice.  I have ran this race in the past when I first started running and found it to be a pretty fun run despite spilling beer on myself on the last few kms.  Scenic run with usually a pretty good turn out and a lot of people come out to watch.

Innovative Half in White Rock is 68 bucks race day  ::link::  September 20,th 2009 .  This run can also be done as a relay.

White Rock Route

Royal Victoria Marathon is 125 on race day  ::link:: Oct 11th 2009, 2009 .  This run is an official Boston Marathon qualifier as well.  The boost about having a very high number of qualifiers from their run.

Vic Running Route

Spent my Sunday morning running the Fort Langley historic Half marathon.  A pretty good run, nice course and great weather.  This would b rated in one of my top three half marathon courses after the UBC and the Vancouver halfers.  Its a pretty basic set up with 5 water stations and its well marked.  My finish time I think was around 1:35 ish not sure what my chipped time was.  Here is a link to there events website.