Vainio finished seventh in the Rotterdam Marathon.
Alisa Vainio, 24, was still in the SE pace halfway through Rotterdam. Stock image. Pasi Liesimaa
Alisa Vainio24, ran his own record in the Rotterdam Marathon on Sunday.
Vainio was seventh in the marathon, and the time was 2.29.56. However, Vainio was 26 seconds behind Eugene in the World Cup.
The abdominal cramps that started in the second half of the marathon made it difficult to run, even though the record came.
– At 40 kilometers, it felt like you couldn’t breathe properly. When I got to the finish line, it was hard to walk when the stomach cramp was so hard. Victory in the fight, Vainio said in a SUL press release.
Vainio even ran at a record pace in Finland.
– I never looked at the clock. I went according to my mood. It had a really good group in the beginning that I ran with. The legs felt a bit weak at that 10 mile, but were otherwise ok all the time. The stomach cramp was such that it came and went, Vainio said.
Annemari Kiekara won the second-best marathon in the 45-year-old women’s series in Rotterdam at 2.39.34. For he broke Laura Mannisen SE of 45-year-old women in the name of