Notes
My hardest marathon so far...primarily due to the wet weather & inability to stay warm, which began the downward spiral of slowing down which made me colder which made my muscles not want to move. I wish I could say that I enjoyed some part of the experience (Portland has been my favorite EVENT...with all the fun entertainment & crowds along the way) but the misery overpowered everything else. I had trained with a 3:35 in sight...not an easy target at all, but I thought somewhere between 3:35-3:40 would happen for me. I thought I would aim for a pace of 8:10 for as long as I could hold it. Here are the splits I recorded before my watch shorted out in the rain:
1: 7:46 2: 8:17 3: 8:05 4: 7:30 5: 7:41 6: 8:00 7: 8:10 8. 8:09 9. 8:21 10: 8:09 11. 8:28 12. 8:52 13. 8:32 14. 9:03 15. 8:54 16. 10:29 17. 10:48 18. 9:48 19. 10:20 20. 10:45 21. 11:22 22. 11:13 23. 11:30 24. ???? watch died (hey, it lasted 8 miles longer than my body.)