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Debbie Rice Wins World Masters Marathon
Amazing news from Italy. Bont's Debbie Rice won the women's Master Worlds Marathon today. Norm Kirby finished seventh in the men's marathon.
Debbie sent this report:
recap of race... i was the only skater without a team mate, so i decided to play it safe and sit in the back of the pack and pick them off one at a time.. the italians tried breakaways on the uphills numerous times, and i ended up bridging the gaps.. at one time 3 girls got away and i had to bridge that one as well.. the course was nice but technical, tight turns, smooth and rough at times, right and left turns, hills and downhills, and the finish was a long smooth stretch with a slight left hand turn right before the line which helps the indoor skaters.. organizers did a great job, awards was just like at regular worlds, got the world champion jersey and medal, played the national anthem, a girl from germany placed second and austria came in third, italian in 4th.. not sure how the rest panned out.. at the end of the race it came down to a field sprint.. on the last stretch i was in about 7th, and the pace started to pick up so i had to make a decision on whether to sit in and wait and go for it, or pull out early and make a line on the inside so that the others would not jump in front of me and block.. i chose the latter and took the inside lane and just started stroking as long and hard as i could, and passed them all on the inside, then the left hand turn came and i sprinted around it and won, but it was pretty close, the germany girl was only a few feet back...
here is norms recap.. he was of course out numbered by all the other teams, the itialians had about 15 team members, switzerland 10ish, and so on... a breakaway of 5 guys got away after the midway point, and norm keyed upon the italian national team members thinking that they would bridge the gap on the breakaway, but it never happened.. all were caught except the top 3. it came down to a field sprint for 4th through 9th, separated by less than a second, and he placed 7th..
the weather was absolutely perfect! not a cloud, 70ish temp, and no wind.... couldnt have asked for better conditions
Debbie sent this report:
recap of race... i was the only skater without a team mate, so i decided to play it safe and sit in the back of the pack and pick them off one at a time.. the italians tried breakaways on the uphills numerous times, and i ended up bridging the gaps.. at one time 3 girls got away and i had to bridge that one as well.. the course was nice but technical, tight turns, smooth and rough at times, right and left turns, hills and downhills, and the finish was a long smooth stretch with a slight left hand turn right before the line which helps the indoor skaters.. organizers did a great job, awards was just like at regular worlds, got the world champion jersey and medal, played the national anthem, a girl from germany placed second and austria came in third, italian in 4th.. not sure how the rest panned out.. at the end of the race it came down to a field sprint.. on the last stretch i was in about 7th, and the pace started to pick up so i had to make a decision on whether to sit in and wait and go for it, or pull out early and make a line on the inside so that the others would not jump in front of me and block.. i chose the latter and took the inside lane and just started stroking as long and hard as i could, and passed them all on the inside, then the left hand turn came and i sprinted around it and won, but it was pretty close, the germany girl was only a few feet back...
here is norms recap.. he was of course out numbered by all the other teams, the itialians had about 15 team members, switzerland 10ish, and so on... a breakaway of 5 guys got away after the midway point, and norm keyed upon the italian national team members thinking that they would bridge the gap on the breakaway, but it never happened.. all were caught except the top 3. it came down to a field sprint for 4th through 9th, separated by less than a second, and he placed 7th..
the weather was absolutely perfect! not a cloud, 70ish temp, and no wind.... couldnt have asked for better conditions
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Permalink Reply by Jonathan Seutter on -
Congratulations Debbie! Way to go, girl!
How was the start set up? did the different age divisions (ak30, ak40, etc) have wave style starts as in past FIRS World Masters Marathons?
Were the WCMasters skaters alone on the course or were there non WCMasters mixed in?
What age division were you in?
Glad to see you in rainbow, in 2007 in Zurich the FIRS didn't give out Masters Rainbow jerseys, different from the WCMasters from Hamburg a few years prior.
Again congratulations!
Jonathan Seutter
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Permalink Reply by R(O)(O)(O)(O)ger on -
Great Going for the USA congratulations to you both. I heard that Hernan Diaz was to be there also but have not seen any reports about his race. Again SUPER SKATING against the Worlds Best Skaters and Debbie you are the WORLD MASTER CHAMPION. R(O)(O)(O)(O)ger
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Permalink Reply by Jonathan Seutter on
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Which age group did she win? FIRS World masters marathon has winners in 30+, 40+, 50+, 60+ (ak30, ak40, ak50, ak60), with the separate divisions having separate start times - not mass start, afaik
Jonathan
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Permalink Reply by R(O)(O)(O)(O)ger on
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She would be in the 40+ same as Peggy.
Jonathan Seutter said:Which age group did she win? FIRS World masters marathon has winners in 30+, 40+, 50+, 60+ (ak30, ak40, ak50, ak60), with the separate divisions having separate start times - not mass start, afaik
Jonathan
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Permalink Reply by Robert Burnson on -
Hernan Diaz sent this pdf of the results:
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classmaster.pdf, 71 KB
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