Notes
Sunday 2012-09-09 ??? 2 26.2 7:00 AM. 60 – 65 at start, 70 - 75 at end, DP unknown. The Lehigh Valley Health Network Marathon.
Finished 139 of 542 overall, 113 of 331 males, and 2nd (based on Chip time) or 3rd (based on Clock time) in the Male 55 – 59 Age Group (unknown number of runners in that age group). Clock time – 3:34:34, Chip time – 3:34.04. My watch time (shown in Time column) was 3:34.05.
Felt great through 11 miles, then in mile 12 my LEFT HAMSTRING tightened-up. First shot of pain was sharp, so I stopped for about 1 minute to try to massage it a bit. This seemed to help, but after that point, I slowed my pace by 30 seconds to 1 minute per mile. I only stopped 1 other time to massage it. I feel very fortunate to have been able to finish this race. When that first shot of pain hit, I was thinking I’d have to quit at that point and take a DNF.
I drank most of a 32 oz Gatorade before this race, and took 2 Endurolytes and 2 Ibuprofin before the race. I did not use any gel packs at all. At every water stop I stopped and drank water and Gatorade. Stayed well hydrated, even had to stop and water the weeds in mile 23. Ran with gum the whole time. Other than the water stops and the two stops to massage my hamstring, I walked 1:00 during mile 26.
3:34.05
1 – 8:05.94
2 – 7:11.87
3 – 7:21.75
4 – 7:27.13
5 – 7:38.43
6 – 15:00.63 (6 & 7)
7 – 7:27.18 (8)
8 – 7:25.69 (9)
9 – 7:33.34 (10)
10 – 7:35.16 (11)
11 – 16:48.90 (12 & 13)
12 – 8:27.60 (14)
13 – 8:06.67 (15)
14 – 8:10.02 (16)
15 – 9:06.75 (17)
16 – 8:07.54 (18)
17 – 8:20.50 (19)
18 – 8:31.30 (20)
19 – 9:03.25 (21)
20 – 8:32.45 (22)
21 – 9:13.98 (23)
22 – 8:48.90 (24)
23 – 8:54.95 (25)
24 – 11:06.05 (26.2) 3 SI3