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Race Recap 20: Mexico

Sunday 27th October 2024

Build-Up:

On 24th October, McLaren submit a right for review to the FIA following the incident between Max Verstappen and Lando Norris in Austin

In FP1 on 25th October, Pato O’Ward is standing in for Lando Norris, Kimi Antonelli for Lewis Hamilton, Felipe Drugovich for Fernando Alonso, Robert Shwartzman for Zhou Guanyu, and Oliver Bearman for Charles Leclerc

A red flag is shown early on in FP1 after debris is seen on the track. Antonelli drives over the debris. 10 minutes into the session, the red flag is withdrawn

A second red flag is waved following a crash between Bearman and Alex Albon at Turn 10. There is significant damage to both cars, which results in an early end to the session for both drivers. The barriers are repaired under the red flag. The session resumes with 24 minutes to go

Following FP1, Robert Shwartzman is given a 5-place grid penalty for overtaking under the yellow flag. However, it is unclear when this grid penalty will be served as he is currently not an F1 driver

FP2 is extended for an additional 30 minutes for the drivers who missed FP1, bringing the session up to 90 minutes in total

19 minutes into FP2, a yellow flag is shown – which quickly becomes a red flag – as George Russell hits the barriers at Turn 9 at force. The medical car is deployed due to the amount of G-Force on impact. Russell is seen holding his stomach and ribs as he exited the car. The medical car takes him straight to the medical centre. The session restarts with 54 minutes on the clock

Max Verstappen’s car is fully stripped apart due to mechanical issues. He is unable to set a lap time in FP2

On 26th October, the FIA rejects McLaren’s appeal against Norris’ penalty in the US Grand Prix

Also on 26th October, it is reported that VCARB have offered Franco Colapinto a contract for 2025. However, as Colapinto is part of the Williams Driver Academy, it will be their decision which determines whether the driver will move to VCARB

Toto Wolff admits that Mercedes is in ‘serious trouble’ with the F1 cost cap following Russell's second big crash in the space of a week

Both Sergio Perez and Oscar Piastri are knocked out of qualifying in Q1

Yuki Tsunoda crashes into the barriers at Turn 12 in Q2, bringing out the red flag. Tsunoda thereby ends his Qualifying and prevents himself, his teammate Lawson, both Aston Martin drivers and Bottas from having a chance of getting out of the elimination zone

Carlos Sainz qualifies in Pole Position, followed by Max Verstappen and Lando Norris

Race Highlights:

Following lights out, Tsunoda and Albon make contact into Turn 1 and end up off the track. The Safety Car is brought out on Lap 1

Perez is handed a 5-second penalty for a false start

The Safety Car is called in on Lap 6 and the race restarts

On Lap 10, Norris overtakes Verstappen as the pair go off the track and Norris comes out ahead. Verstappen is able to come back and retake the position from Norris, but both overtakes were being investigated by the stewards

Verstappen receives a 10-second penalty for pushing Norris off the track at Turn 4, as Norris was ruled to be ahead at the apex of the corner. He later receives a second 10-second penalty for the incident at Turn 8, adding up to a total of 20 seconds for him to serve at his next pit stop

Fernando Alonso retires on Lap 16

Verstappen pits on Lap 27 to serve his 20-seconds penalty and rejoins the race in 15th place

On Lap 63, Leclerc runs wide on the final corner, allowing Norris to overtake and take second place

Race Results:

1st Place: Carlos Sainz

2nd Place: Lando Norris

3rd Place: Charles Leclerc

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XLIV.

Yesterday was the second of three prep races, a 10K this time, the Viking 5K, 10K & Half Marathon in DeBary, FL.

It was a small race, only 28 participants, I was one of 8 doing the 10K, only 2 were doing the half, the rest were doing the 5K. I don't see the results posted yet, but based on what I could tell, I likely finished 1st or 2nd place of the 10K participants. This isn't saying much as of the other 7 doing the 10K, only 4 were men, 2 of whom were older than me, 1 my age, 1 younger.

But I wasn't going for time per se, that is, if I can do an 8 min/mi pace 5K and am shooting for a 9 min/mi half marathon, I probably ought to be able to do an 8:30 min/mi 10K.

Instead, I wanted to practice my pacing strategy, or at least practice my build up to pacing strategy. So I was aiming for mile 1 at 10 min/mi, 2 at 9:30, 3 at 9, 4 at 8:30, 5 at 8, and if I could muster it, 6 and the final 0.2 at 7:30. That'd put me at exactly 54 min, or 8:43 pace, as opposed to the 52:42 total of an 8:30 pace.

It was cold, and the race start was a little disorganized and a little late. I opted to wear a long sleeve shirt over my favorite running shirt, which was great before the race started but a decision I regretted about a half a mile in. The race start was a quiet corner of some Volusia county park. I could have easily worn a hoodie and a beanie waiting for the race to start then left them on a picnic table, and they probably would have been fine. I ought to keep this in mind for future small races in cold weather.

The course was out and back for 5K, out and back twice for 10K (slightly further out and back four times for the 2 lonely souls doing the half). I was surrounded by 5Kers and that likely caused me to go out faster than my plan. I tried to slow down to 10 min/mi pace, but it just felt too slow. I ended up doing mile 1 at 9:29.

Rather than just chalk this up as a 30 sec win on mile 1 and continue with my planned splits, I felt it more important to practice the strategy of slightly increasing each mile. I overshot mile 2 and did it in 8:48.

Did mile 3 in 8:28, so another overshot. Mile 4 was 8:12, only 18 sec faster than the original plan. But I thought this was great, I was still increasing every mile.

Mile 5 and mile 6 were slower than my plan though.

Miile 5 was 8:11, so just barely keeping negative splits through 5, and still way ahead of the total planned place, but 11 sec behind the plan for mile 5 itself.

Mile 6 was 8:28, not for lack of trying but I just couldn't muster one more negative split. So I did this mile nearly a full min behind the plan, but I was far enough ahead of the original plan that I could afford the 58 sec.

My running playlist didn't sync correctly to my Apple Watch, this happens for time to time, I ought to make sure to plan far enough ahead on this for future races. I was fiddling with music on mile 6, trying to get faster BPM songs to keep me motivated, that this likely cost me more time (messing up my stride) than it was worth.

I rallied for the final 0.2, doing it in 1:29, which pretty much on the 7:30 pace, so I did finish strong. Final time was 53:08, 8:37 pace, not that far away from an 52:42, 8:30 pace. Maybe I should have kept better track of the math and pushed for that time over that tough last mile, but I'm sort of OK with my result.

I crossed the finish line to little fanfare. Someone took my picture, someone else handing me a Viking medal which I gave to my daughter when I got home.

I came home, started another pot of coffee, heated up olive oil on a large pan, threw in a handful of spinach, sliced 2 Adiells chicken sausages and added that to the pan and covered it, sprayed Pam on a smaller pan, cracked 2 eggs into it, broke their yokes with a spatula, sprinkled on some bagel season with jalapeno, took of the lid to the other pan and sprinkled some on there to, mixed and recovered, toasted 2 slices of Dave's Killer Bread, spread chunky guacamole on the toast when it was done, plated the toast, the chicken sausage with spinach next to the toast, put the eggs on top of the chicken sausage, shook on some shredded cheese, poured myself a large mug of coffee, then devoured everything.

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XXIII.

Third Saturday of training, not a long run, this time it was the first of three prep races. I opted for a 5K, a parkrun to be specific, the only one somewhat near me, the Clermont Riverfront parkrun.

I've long heard of parkruns, volunteer-led 5k runs all over the world every Saturday morning. I think they are mainly a UK thing, but we have a few in Florida, one in the Orlando area, though it's in a western suburb, whereas I live in an eastern suburb, so about an hour drive.

This parkrun is at 7:30a, and I wanted to get the early since it was my first time, so I left my house shortly after 6a. It was one of the coldest mornings we've had in a while in Central Florida, mid 40s Fahrenheit, so that wasn't great. But I guess that's good running weather in most people's opinion.

This particular parkrun was pretty nice, I'd probably run it more if it were closer. Maybe participating in organizing one of these on my side of town will be a project for a different season of my life, certainly not now or anytime soon.

As far as the run went, I wanted to do 8-minute miles, and I did. Finished in 24:26, 7:53 pace. My first mile was 7:54, I started a little faster but settled into speed over the back half of mile one as the runners spread out. There were 128 participants, so it didn't take long for the spreading out to materialize.

After that, I just sort of watched my rolling mile pace, never letting it go above 7:59 or below 7:50. Mile 2 was 7:53, mile 3 was 7:56. I probably would have left it at that, but with about a quarter mile to go, I passed a kid who seemed to be about 8 years old (great running form on that kid!). A few moments later his dad was yelling at him (encouragingly if I'm being charitable) near the finish. I could feel his presence behind me and didn't feel like being passed by an 8-year-old, so I kicked into high gear at the very end, a 6:44 pace for for the final 0.1 mile.

I got home, my wife suggest Waffle House, which sounded amazing. We went and it was amazing. Three weeks down, nine to go.

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runDisney's 2019 Star Wars Rival Run Half Marathon Weekend Recaps

runDisney's 2019 Star Wars Rival Run Half Marathon Weekend Recaps# #runDisney #starwarshalf #disney #joyfulmiles

Happy May 1st, everyone, I hope you’re having an excellent day!

And now that I think about it … I should be posting this on Saturday. Then I could say Happy May the Fourth be with you because the force was certainly strong with Jackey, Leslie, Kimberly and Kaitlyn during runDisney’s 2019 Star Wars Rival Run Half Marathon Weekend as well as many of our friends from the Joyful Miles Running Club!

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2018 Baltimore 10-Miler Race Recaps

2018 #Baltimore10Miler Race Recap! #kingcrabchallenge #runbaltimore #charmcityrun

“Bad workouts and races — we all have them and we always will.” -Greg McMillan

Yep. That’s some serious truth. And for me, the 2018 Baltimore 10-Miler was a bad, bad race due to the heat, humidity, and one whopping case of nausea!

Things started out good enough. I had been keeping up with my training plan as well as lots of cross training with another round of 80 Day Obsession Phase 1. Leaving my…

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<strong>Toronto Waterfront 10k Race Recap</strong>

My newest post has been published on http://thelazy.me/2018/06/21/toronto-waterfront-10k-race-recap/

Toronto Waterfront 10k Race Recap

The Toronto Waterfront 10k is a race I had never run until last Saturday. Two years ago, the girls and I cheered at the race and last year, Aimee and I volunteered while Chloe ran it. This year, it would be Aimee and I running the race and Chloe cheering!

5 AM came early on Saturday morning since I wisely stayed up past midnight finishing the documentary The Staircase on Netflix with Anson. Since the entire family was going to the race, it was a morning filled with a lot of, “Hurry up! We need to go soon!” heard throughout the house.

We hit the road at 5:50 and Anson dropped Aimee and me off really close to the race start. We waited for Cathy to arrive with our race kits (thank you for getting them for us!!) and then pinned our bibs on and headed to bag check! After a quick and painless bag check, we headed to the bathroom line before heading to the corrals.

The corrals felt like they were miles from the bathrooms and it made me miss the NYC half marathon set up where the porta-potties were literally IN the corrals!

After some confusion, we found Carmy and the three of us waited to start the race. It didn’t take long before I started thinking that I needed the bathroom again, but I have somewhat of a nervous bladder so I hoped it would go away once I crossed the start line. (spoiler alert: it. did. not)

In my eagerness to help Aimee feel prepared for her first race running alone (she’s too fast for me to keep up!), I forgot to get myself prepared! I crossed the start line and realized I hadn’t turned my watch on so by the time I got it started and running I wasn’t sure how long I had been on the course. Oh well– I knew I wasn’t going to be breaking any records anyhow!

As we headed down University toward Lakeshore I found myself looking at every building and corner and wondering if there was somewhere I could hide to go to the bathroom. My stomach started hurting and I got worried as it seemed like there were no shops open and zero porta-potties! I finally spotted a gas station ahead and made a mental plan to run off course, but then as we got closer I saw the 3km sign and some bathrooms on the course. I had to wait in line (and had a few people cut ahead… grr to them!), but it was well worth it!

When I hit halfway I was mentally over the entire thing, but somewhere around 6km I started feeling better and decided that I would probably not actually die on the side of the road! I kept running while looking at the other side of Lakeshore hoping to spot Aimee. I never spotted her but it definitely kept me entertained!

The final hill in the last kilometre is a bit of a cruel joke but just on the other side, I spotted Anson, the kids, and Henry, Carmy’s boyfriend. I wasn’t running for a PB so I stopped to high five Chloe and tried to snag a kiss from J before heading to the finish. I crossed the finish squinting from the sun but feeling good!

The finish area was crowded but I got my medal, some water, and a giant pretzel along with an amazing Lululemon bag to stash it in. Props to the race organizers for passing out bags– it is one of my top things that are needed after a race. Trying to balance a ton of stuff after running is nearly impossible!

I grabbed my bag from bag check (again, it was really easy!) and headed to the finishers area to find my family along with Henry and Carmy! Thanks to them we got some great pictures plus J loves Henry so it was extra fun for him!

After all our picture taking, we got a few more treats including some flowers (Aimee was the most excited about the flowers!) and then headed to the car.

Aimee turned 15 the day of this race and I was (am) so proud of how great she did. She has been running consistently for a few months now and was so excited to run this race. She crushed her first 10km and immediately started talking about what other races she can do. Thanks to Canada Running Series and Lululemon for making this race a great experience for both of us!

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<strong>Ragnar Niagara 2018 Race Recap</strong>

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Ragnar Niagara 2018 Race Recap

Another year, another Ragnar. Where to begin?! I could pretend that this will be a short post, but if you know me at all you know that that would be a lie! So, sit back, relax and enjoy the read!

The Week Before the Race

Exactly one week before Ragnar was to start I jumped off the couch and walked across the area rug toward the bathroom. Someone (cough, cough… Chloe) must’ve dropped an earring without realizing because I suddenly found myself hopping around the living room with an earring jammed into my foot. I pulled it out, wiped up the small amount of blood that dripped on the floor, disinfected my foot and applied a band-aid. No big deal, I thought.

I THOUGHT WRONG!

Saturday and Sunday I found myself limping a little and my foot seemed a bit swollen. Totally normal, I assumed. On Monday,  my foot was still hurting so I told my softball team I couldn’t play that night. I wanted to make sure I could run on Friday, so I thought I should take it easy.

On Tuesday, I walked to my cousin’s house to get my hair done and when it took me 29 minutes to limp 1.5km, I started to get worried about Ragnar. What if I couldn’t run? Why was my foot swollen on the top? All I did was step on an earring and it didn’t even hurt that much!

I made the decision to go to a walk-in clinic on Tuesday afternoon just to be safe and was promptly told my foot was infected. Armed with a prescription for antibiotics that I was to take every 6 hours and instructions to wrap my foot up when I ran, I was confident I would be okay.

I managed to get down two pills on Tuesday before I headed to bed. In my mind, I was going to wake up Wednesday morning fresh as a daisy with a regular size foot ready to run for hours. Instead, I was woken up at 3 AM by the serious pain radiating from my foot. I tried to get out of bed but discovered that I couldn’t put any weight on my leg. When I tried, my ankle would collapse and the pain was intense. I found myself crawling on my hands and knees to the bathroom. I managed to get my antibiotics and several pain pills down, but with the weight of Ragnar hanging over me, I also found myself crying on the bathroom floor. After a pretty decent pity party, I crawled my way back to bed where I stayed awake for the rest of the night wondering if I would really be able to run. At 3 AM, things definitely seemed more traumatic than was probably necessary!

The next day I was supposed to go with Anson to pick up our friend, Ron, at the Buffalo airport as he was flying in to run Ragnar with my team. I was really tired from being up almost all night and also worried about needing to walk around anywhere, so Anson headed out alone to get Ron and then spend the day in Toronto with him. You can see more about their time on Ron’s vlog below:

As Thursday morning rolled around, I felt a lot better physically although my foot still hurt and I was limping. Mentally, though, I felt determined. I was going to do my best and see what happened. I was 95% positive I could do it, so was just going to cling to that!

After a morning of dropping things at the hotel, running to the mall, and eating a quick lunch, Anson dropped Ron and me off at Maria’s where we headed to Reebok Headquarters after picking up Cathy and Carmy. Once we got to Reebok, the van decorating began!

*Special thanks to Gawck for the designing and printing of all the decals & to Reebok for the Booster Juice they provided for the decorating party. 

After a delicious pizza dinner, we headed through a crazy thunderstorm to our hotel in Bowmanville to settle in for the night. Since I was in van 2, I knew I didn’t need to rush in the morning which was a great feeling!

The four of us in our room all woke up around 7 AM on Friday and took our time getting ready for the day. We headed down for the complimentary breakfast and met up with the guys in our van. We ate breakfast, loaded up the van, hit Shoppers Drug Mart for some last minute things and then headed to the first major exchange to wait for van 1.

After we checked in and watched our safety video, we began the wait for Erik to come in from his 16.7km run so that Leanne, our van’s first runner, could head out. It was incredibly hot and humid and I was feeling bad for all the runners out there on such a long leg!

Leg 1: 5.6km at 2:30 PM

As van 1 finished their first legs and we started on our way, I started to get nervous but excited because I knew my next route like the back of my hand. It was less than 5km from my house and I had run parts of it more times than I could count. Luke was really helpful and wrapped my foot for me so I could have more stability for my run.

It wasn’t long before Leanne came in and I headed out, too fast as always. I remember looking at my watch and laughing at my pace before quickly slowing down.

It was hot out there and it didn’t take long before I found myself walking up a hill and then hearing a voice behind me saying, “Wow! I didn’t think I would have to walk this much!” Amy, from Midland, Ontario, and I ran and walked the rest of the way to the exchange and it was a nice distraction for me to have someone to chat with!

I finished the run on an uphill and handed off to Mei before drinking loads of water and blue Gatorade (which I have discovered that I love!). I was so glad that taping my foot combined with some adrenaline and stubbornness had given me what I needed to do my run. I knew I would have no issues with my next two legs.

After Mei finished her leg, Luke, Roy and then Ron rounded out our van before we passed the race back to van 1.

After a rather disappointing dinner at Pickle Barrel in Pickering (the waiter was truly terrible!!), we headed to the next major exchange at Exhibition Place to begin our night runs.

Leg 2: 8.9km at 11:45 PM

This run was my toughest one because I genuinely felt really tired. I am typically a night owl, but I think the heat of the day really took its toll on everyone. I wanted nothing more than to curl up in a ball and sleep instead of run, but obviously, that wasn’t going to happen!

As Leanne passed off to me I headed out by the water before turning onto Lakeshore in Toronto where I would spend the rest of my leg. It was well lit and still quite busy so I felt pretty safe which was nice. I passed a few runners and chatted with a lady from Kentucky before carrying on.

Even though it was so late out, I started to get hot. With a little over a kilometre to go, I came across a lady outside a restaurant holding some cups of water with ice. She offered me a drink or the use of the bathroom if I needed it. I took a quick drink and then surprised her by dumping the rest of the cup over my head. Her encouragement really pushed me to finish strong and gave me a little extra energy when I had been feeling just plain tired. I headed to my exchange point smiling and feeling like I could keep running!

I passed off to Mei who was wearing a tutu with lights in it and headed to the van to get my new favourite drink: blue Gatorade! The rest of the night passed like a bit of a blur as everyone finished running in our van. We passed off to van 1 sometime before 4 AM and headed to our next major exchange.

Bedtime?!

Around 5 AM, we all settled in to try to get some sleep in the van. I had learned some lessons from the year before and felt prepared! I chose the floor again as I’m short and can fit down there leaving more space on the seats for the tall guys who want to stretch out. I curled up in my giant red blanket, put my eye mask on, earplugs in and laid down on my bamboo pillow. (That’s me sleeping in the red blanket below!)

According to my Garmin, I was out for 2 hours and 8 minutes. When I woke up, I felt surprisingly rested and about a million times better than I did last year!

Leg 3: 5.6km at 9:55 AM

As everyone started to slowly wake up, I sent a text to Carmy in van 1 to see how they were doing with their runs. We learned that while we were sleeping, they had been out there running fast and had gotten us ahead of schedule. We sprang into action and quickly got ourselves to Starbucks to get some coffee and clean up a little before our last runs of the race!

As Leanne headed down with everyone else to get ready to start her last leg as van 1 came into the exchange, I opted to stay at the van to get myself a little more ready. Due to my dumping of water over my head during my night leg and then sleeping on my wet hair, I looked like somewhat of a train wreck. I got myself together as best as one can during Ragnar and mentally prepared myself for my last run!

My final run ended up being my best run in spite of getting stopped at multiple stop lights! I got to run by the water on a path and through some beautiful neighborhoods. I also got a text while I was running from my friend, Michelle, telling me that she had won her race that morning. When her message popped up on my watch I couldn’t help but grin and run a little faster!

I passed off to Mei rather vigorously but I think I finally got that bracelet on her arm for once! As she headed off down the road I realized that I was finished running and frankly, I was pretty glad!

The Finish

As our van continued closer to Niagara Falls, we hit all the exchange points before sending our final runner, Ron, off on his last leg. Ron had the most difficult leg of the entire race as he headed up the Niagara Escarpment and into the heart of Niagara Falls.

One of the coolest things that Ragnar does is that it encourages the team members to wait for their final runner and then run into the finish together. You can’t run this race alone, so why would you finish alone?

Ron came into the finish area smiling (I’m not sure he was ever NOT smiling during this race!) and we headed to the finish.

We passed out the medals, laughed, and took some pictures while reflecting on the race. 308 kilometres run together as a team is something to be proud of!

Final Thoughts

The days before the race I was unsure I would be able to run, but thanks to a lot of pain medication, some sports tape and a team that somehow put up with my complaining (I’m sorry!), I ran every step of my legs. To those who said that they would step in and run for me if I couldn’t– thank you. Your selflessness meant the world!

There is something so special and unique about running a Ragnar race. It is truly something every runner should experience for themselves as no amount of reading about it can accurately describe what it is really like!

Ragnar always encourages people to work together. Every single runner I saw while running my legs was kind. If someone passed me, they would ask if I was doing okay or tell me I was awesome for being out there. If another team was cheering for their runner on the side of the road– they cheered for me, too. These little things go a long way in making a race special and Ragnar runners seem to have that nailed down! Thank you!

I also want to extend a special thank you to Reebok Canada for sponsoring my team again this year. You went above and beyond in taking care of us all and we appreciate your support so much. Thank you also for the amazing gear that I know I will be wearing constantly for the coming months. You rock!

Of course, my biggest thank you goes to my team because without them, this never would’ve happened! I love you all!

* Be sure to watch Ron’s vlog about the beginning of our race: