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Dog Days Are Over
June 30, 2010By Reid Coolsaet
The Peachbud 10km went fairly well last night. I won in 29:34 and felt strong at the end of the race, it didn’t hurt that the last 2km were downhill and with the wind. Once again I found that I wasn’t pushing enough up the hills and against the wind. There is something that is missing right now in regards to racing and I think the main things are fitness, confidence and competition. I know with more workouts my fitness will improve and when workouts get better my confidence will come around too. My next race, the Acura 10 miler, will likely be more competitive and of course the National 10 000m championships on July 28th should be very competitive up front.
Last night’s race went out really fast as there were about 6 of us who went through the first km in under 2:50. Some dude went out like it was a 1500m and had 5 seconds on the me by 400m, then he made another surge around the 2km mark. Derek Nakluski hung on tough through 7km. He wasn’t right on me but he wasn’t all that far back for the longest time. I split through 5km in ~14:34 and ran the next 5km in 15:00. From 4km to 8km I was running about 3:03/km, that is the section that I need to clean up.
Tour De France is starting up on Saturday. Last year was the first year I really paid attention and now I’m hooked. I’ve already looked over the course and the teams for this year’s race. The unfortunate part is that TDF and WC have to overlap this year so I’ll have to switch back and forth while I stretch after my morning run, tough life.
Happy Canada Day Tomorrow!
Tim Horton’s Peach Bud top 10 results
| 1 | Reid COOLSAET | Hamilton | ON | 6 | 29:34.7 | ||||||
| 2 | Derek NAKLUSKI | Kitchener | ON | 7 | 30:22.7 | ||||||
| 3 | Dagim YESHITELA | Toronto | ON | 646 | 30:48.1 | ||||||
| 4 | Lemma DEBELU | Kitchener | ON | 5 | 31:02.1 | ||||||
| 5 | Joe CAMPANELLI | Etobicoke | 1393 | 31:03.1 | |||||||
| 6 | John SANCHEZ | Toronto | ON | 15 | 31:19.7 | ||||||
| 7 | Terence ATTEMA | Smithville | ON | 38 | 31:21.0 | ||||||
| 8 | John PAROTT | Guelph | ON | 8 | 31:30.8 | ||||||
| 9 | Rob KOZIARSKI | Guelph | ON | 9 | 31:45.3 | ||||||
| 10 | Victor GATUNDU | Hamilton | ON | 12 | 32:02.3 |
The Vuvuzela has officially entered the mainstream, haha
Reid Coolsaet
Reid Coolsaet has been running cross-country ever since the sixth grade and hasn’t missed a single season, although he's had to call two seasons short due to injury. For the past six years he's been trying to climb his way up through the professional ranks where this past summer he placed 25th at the World Championships marathon in Berlin.
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