Notes
A couple weeks or so leading up to this race, I hadn't been feeling the strongest. My legs felt like rubber and in most runs, I felt tired halfway through. The goal was 2:40 or better, but I would've been happy under 2:45. Ran with Blake for the first few miles at a solid 6 min pace. He dropped off at a water station, and up ahead I could see the 2:39 pacer, so I reeled him in and stuck with him until about mile 18, that's when I began to fall apart. I felt very good going through mile ten and up through the halfway mark(1:19:03). I knew if I could keep the pace going up until 20 miles, I'd hit my goal, but as for the shape leading up to the race, I knew I wouldn't be able to hold the pace much after 20. Mile 22 through 24 were pretty tough and I was having difficulty doing math problems. Had a few hamstring issues 24-26, but toughened up and cautiously stretched my legs out as I tried to pick up my pace. I feel as though I finished strong and I think I ran a pretty smart race. I got water and gatorade at nearly every station and I believe I took gu at mile 4, 8, 12, 17. In retrospect, I should've taken my 5th gu, I just didn't think I'd be able to keep it down. Almost every time I ate one and drank water, a mile down the road I could feel it wanting to come up. Overall I'm satisfied with my performance and I believe I have plenty of room for improvement.
1 - 6:05
2 - 5:59 12:05
3 - 6:00 18:05
4 - 5:52 23:58
5 - 6:04 30:03
6 - 5:59 36:03
7 - 5:58 42:01
8 - 6:18 48:19
9 - 6:04 54:24
10 - 6:01 1:00:25
11 - 6:04 1:06:29
12 - 5:59 1:12:28
13 - 5:56 1:18:25
13.1 - 1:19:03
14 - 5:57 1:24:23
15 - 6:00 1:30:24
16 - 6:03 1:36:27
17 - 6:00 1:42:28
18 - 6:03 1:48:31
19 - 6:18 1:54:49
20 - 6:16 2:01:06
21 - 6:33 2:07:39
22 - 6:35 2:14:15
23 - 6:46 2:21:01
24 - 6:47 2:27:48
25 - 6:31 2:34:20
26 - 6:20 2:40:40
.2 - 1:16 2:41:56
Split Time of day Time Diff Pace MPH
05K 07:48:51AM 00:18:40 18:40 06:01 9.99
10K 08:07:31AM 00:37:20 18:40 06:01 9.99
15K 08:26:30AM 00:56:19 18:59 06:07 9.83
20K 08:45:11AM 01:15:00 18:41 06:01 9.98
HALF 08:49:13AM 01:19:03 04:03 05:57 10.10
25K 09:03:50AM 01:33:39 14:36 06:02 9.96
30K 09:22:43AM 01:52:32 18:53 06:05 9.87
35K 09:42:45AM 02:12:34 20:02 06:27 9.31
40K 10:03:28AM 02:33:17 20:43 06:40 9.00
Finish 10:12:07AM 02:41:56 08:39 06:21 9.47