Notes
Chicago Marathon on 10/10/10. Really was not feeling ready at the start...maybe because I was at a wedding the night before and ate food that might have not set well with me. Anyways, ran the first mile at 6:00 to catch up with Brendon Mariano. After I met up with him, we ran 6:12- 6:13 pace for the first half. As we were running, other stupid people were flying past us....it was only a matter of time that we would pass them back. The legs felt great running at that pace and we wanted to start to drop the pace towards the half.
At the half way point, we started to run around 6:05- 6:00 until about 18 miles or so. Then we started to hit a few sub 6 min miles until the 21 or 22 mile mark. Still, legs feeling somewhat ok. At the 23 mile mark, the legs started to feel it and my right calf and left qaud started to cramp up. Still new that I had a good time going, so wanted to keep pushing as hard as I could. Last few miles were at 6:30- 6:34 pace...a little off of what I wanted but new that my legs were going to start hurting at some point. Overall, I was happy that I PR'ed by almost 10 minutes and ran a negative splits, but somewaht bummed that I did not break 2:40.....dam heat! I think they should run the course backwards so that you finish in the shade and start in the sun...it's not that bad at the start! Overall, pleased with the result and now looking forward to some time off. Thanks to all who came out today...it was a big help!