Notes
What an awful day. It was my first attempt to getting my qualifying time for the 2011 NYC marathon. Training was good, and I felt in good shape before race. I tapered the week before the race. Today, I did a 2 mile warm-up with a few striders, everything seemed fine. I was ready to go. But during the first two miles I felt that it was not going to be a good day. I was working already early on in the race, not a good sign. I was already 12 seconds behind pace after the second mile. After 6 miles, I tried to push the pace but I realized I was working already too hard. I was able to see my HR (between mile 4 and 6) and I saw I was at 84% of max, which I thought it was way too high for that early in the race. Once I came out of prospect park (mile 7), I tried to push again but I ran out of gas. The last 3 miles was a death march. My last 2 miles in the race were at a pace close to my easy pace. Well, back to the drawing board and to figure out what I need to do to break 1:30 in my next half. I will try again in the Fairfield Half in June. Very disappointing day.