Notes
Chicago marathon 2023. About as perfect as conditions you are ever going to get in Chicago for this time of year. 45-50 degrees, light winds and slightly overcast. Main goal coming in was sub-2:35. Got out well and settled into my rhythm right away. Was shooting for 5:50-6:00 pace but found 5:48ish to feel very, very comfortable in the conditions. Due to the weather, people were gunning for it today. Hit halfway in 75:45 and most have had 500 people still in front of me. It was wild. Started passing people on the back half and got to 18 both feeling well and picking it up. At this point I thought I actually had a shot at getting near my PR. However, around 22.5 the wheels started to come off a bit. Had a real difficult time getting my final GU down before that. Body kind of just ran out of steam but I didn't crater too hard and was still able to hold on to beat my goal time. 2nd fastest time ever, first time really running a solid race in Chicago. Very happy with this. Hit my A goal. Can't ask for much more. Maybe if I had held back from miles 13-18 I could have finished stronger but given the conditions, it was worth taking the PR shot. Workouts before this and Bayshore had similar splits, just had some more miles under my belt for Bayshore. Probably made the difference in those late miles. Fun day, proud of this effort and the training cycle as a whole. Will probably do Indy next fall so a nice way to finish out Chicago for awhile.
Splits: 5:47-5:44-5:50-5:44-5:46-5:46-5:49-5:48-5:39 (short?)-5:48-5:46-6:00 (long?)-5:37 (saw my family and Jeff, got a little excited)-5:40-5:43-5:42-5:47-5:44-5:19 (short?)-6:03 (long?)-5:46-5:39-6:08-6:10-6:26-8:04 (1.2, 6:44).
2:33:15 on my watch, 2:33:18 gun time officially, 215th male, 234th overall, 69th in the 25-29 age group
Splits from website:
Split Time Of Day Time Diff min/mile miles/h
05K 07:48:04AM 00:18:03 18:03 05:49 10.33
10K 08:05:58AM 00:35:56 17:53 05:46 10.43
15K 08:23:52AM 00:53:50 17:54 05:46 10.42
20K 08:41:54AM 01:11:52 18:02 05:49 10.34
HALF 08:45:48AM 01:15:46 03:54 05:44 10.49
25K 08:59:35AM 01:29:34 13:48 05:42 10.55
30K 09:17:24AM 01:47:22 17:48 05:44 10.47
35K 09:35:14AM 02:05:12 17:50 05:45 10.46
40K 09:54:22AM 02:24:20 19:08 06:10 9.74
Finish 10:03:20AM 02:33:18 08:58 06:35 9.13