Notes
Awesome, awesome race. Ran the Marco plan pretty much perfectly, which would have been:
1-2 @ 8:39
3 - 9 @ 8:30
10 - 18 @ 8:23
19 - 26.2 @ 8:14
Target average HR @ 176 (175 actual). Planned max HR @ 188 (194 actual).
12MPH wind! About ~39 degrees at the start, about 60 degrees at the end. Wind in the face the whole first half. Tailwind for most of the second half...except for the last mile and a half, when it shifted right back in the face again.
Hell of a first marathon, less than six months in. Awesome race, and I have the best supporters in the world.
Also, won my age group?! There were only a few people in it.
Official time: 3:39:35.
Training Plan Entry
Race
26.2 mi
Elyria Inland Trail Marathon!