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Notes

28 degrees at start, mid-forties at finish. Took a cab to Metrodome -- very good idea for future planning.

Ran my plan: 7:30's for about 20 miles (although I was slipping to about 8:00's), then fought like hell to keep up 8:00's after hitting the wall. BUT, check out data below: From mile 21.7 to 24, my pace was 8:23. From mile 24 to Finish, I ran 7:33 pace!

Brought Gu packets and had 1 before race, 3 during race (2 of my own, 1 of the Clif Shots they handed out). Someone gave me a banana around mile 23, and it seemed to help allow me to finish strong. It must've kicked in by mile 24.

Next marathon, I'm bringing my fluid bottles (this year, I wore the belt with Gu packs, but no water bottles). In hindsight, it would've been nice to drink during the first 10 miles or so whenever I wanted, without having to navigate the water stops and running into other runners, etc.

Finished in 3:21:34.

Good fun, looking forward to next year! Boston, perhaps?!

Location Race Time Time of Day Pace Between Overall Place Division Place Sex Place Age Graded Place

Finish 3:21:34 11:22:27 7:33 786/8779 69/583 675/5094 784/8779

24M 3:04:58 11:05:51 8:23 832/8777 74/583 719/5094 798/8777

35K (21.7M) 2:46:07 10:47:00 7:59 838/8775 76/583 728/5093 783/8775

30K (18.6M) 2:21:20 10:22:13 7:43 859/8771 78/583 748/5091 787/8771

13.1M 1:38:35 9:39:28 7:38 891/8768 84/583 782/5089 788/8768

10K (6.2M) 46:02 8:46:55 7:31 789/8751 70/583 687/5074 646/8751

5K (3.1M) 22:43 8:23:36 7:19 757/8762 61/583 661/5085 636/8762

ChipStart 0:55 8:00:54 1264/8779 117/583 1027/5094 1027/8779

GunStart 00:00 8:00:00