"During a marathon, I run about two-thirds of the time. That's plenty." - Margaret Davis, 85 Ed Whitlock regarding his 2:54:48 marathon at age 73, "That was a good day. It was never a struggle."
Carolyn
I hammered down the trail, passing rocks and trees like they were standing still.
MM#209 / JapanJoyful#803
the first 9 miles in 1:36. next 5 miles at a 10 minute pace 3 miles to the next aid station at a 9 minute pace next 9 mile out and back to just under 11 minutes At the marathon distance I am at 4:32 and feeling very fresh. I decide to try run between 11;30 to 12:00 miles as long as I could 2.05 miles turn around, as a 24 minute goal the 50k turn around, 2.5 miles, as 6 minute goal and the 4 mile aid station as a 18 minute goal. about one minute at each aid station. first out and back I run a 1:32 next 8 miles I go very steady This will be my 15th and my PR is 9:11:59 this lap at 1:28. I need a 1:35 for a PR I need to run better than 12 minutes At the half turnaround I am 3 minutes under for 21 minutes At the 50k turnaround I pick up another minute, I ran it in 5 minutes. At the aid station I picked up another minute,17 minutes. I did the first 4 miles in 43 minutes. Now instead of having 47 minutes I have . . . nearly 52 minutes. ran the next 1.5 miles in 18 minutes just one minute slower, but the worst is yet to come. The next half of a mile I some how ran in 5 miles Now with a little over 2 miles to go I have 29 minutes. I can see a 9:05 to 9:07 is possible. I am very surprised to see what is on my watch, 8:59. I finish with a new PR of 9:02:36. I bettered my old PR by 9:23
"Enjoy yourself. Your younger days never come again." 100yo T. Igarashi to me in geta at top of Mt. Fuji (8/2/87)
I tell the RD, Lou, a 50-stater himself, that I was switching to the 50-miler. He said, "All Right". It made him seem happy. He told me last year no one had never done that before.
denise
Marathon Maniac #957
I finished with no pain, but I was tired.
Life is a headlong rush into the unknown. We can hunker down and hope nothing hits us or we can stand tall, lean into the wind and say, "Bring it on, darlin', and don't be stingy with the jalapenos."
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