Notes
A disaster of a race. An epic disappointment after probably the best training cycle I've ever had. The race conditions ended up being just as bad as originally predicted. As the sweat poured down standing in the bathroom line before the race, the challenge for the day seemed more like avoiding a sunburn and less like racing a marathon. And if the weather wasn't bad enough, my stomach ended up a mess by race time. I fought the urge the first 12 miles, but ended up stopping to use the bathroom between miles 12-13 in order to avoid getting even sicker. Fortunately, my stomach felt better after the pit stop, unfortunately I slipped further and further into the foggy head of borderline heat stroke as the miles went on. I took in quite a bit more fluid than I normally would, but it was just impossible to keep up with what I was sweating out. I don't really remember much from the later stages of the race. I'm pretty sure I wasn't passed after the half split, so that's pretty good.
Ugh. A race that will haunt me with the "would have, should have" for the rest of my life.
Garmin splits:
1mi - 5:44
2mi - 5:43
3mi - 5:36
4mi - 5:33
5mi - 5:55
6mi - 5:40
7mi - 5:46
8mi - 5:53
9mi - 5:55
10mi - 5:54
11mi - 5:58
12mi - 5:47
13mi - 6:19
14mi - 5:47
15mi - 5:49
16mi - 5:42
17mi - 6:01
18mi - 6:03
19mi - 5:58
20mi - 6:02
21mi - 6:02
22mi - 5:43
23mi - 5:47
24mi - 5:50
25mi - 5:49
26mi - 5:49
26.34 - 1:44.8