Notes
7:00 AM. 60 – 65 at start, 75 – 80 at end, DP = 55. Delaware Marathon. Average pace (based on Chip time) = 8:33.01 per mile.
Official Gun time was 3:44:16.10, Official Chip time was 3:44.00.80. Overall place was 120 of 602. My watch time was 3:44:05.
Took 2 Endurolytes and 2 Ibuprofens before this race. I felt very good this entire race. Stopped/walked at every water station and drank both water and Gatorade. Stopped 1 time around mile 19 to pee in port-o-john. I was hoping for a 3:30, and I can’t explain the longer-than-expected time except for the hills and the heat. Hills were longer/steeper than I had anticipated, and the temperature was higher than I have run in during any run this year so far. I believe this is the first marathon that I have run that I did not walk (except at water stations) at all.