Notes
Hard fought race out there yesterday. It didn't feel right early on, and then by 7 or 8 (coincidentally where I saw the fam) I really settled in and felt comfortable through 15ish. from 15-18 I was working, but about what you would expect during a marathon. Major muscle fatigue set in at 20. Cramping in the groin, deadlegs etc. I really pushed through and grinded those last 6 miles. That easily could have been a 3 hour marathon. I'm happy with that. It's my third fastest marathon. It gets me a BQ -20 again for my third year which is pretty sweet.
I have no complaints about my training cycle. I really got myself ready for the race, hit the workouts. I ran solid half leading up. I was disciplined during the taper and was feel very fresh the week leading up. I nailed nutrition the week leading up, the night before and the day of. I was good with fluids. I didn't go out too fast. So I take solace in the fact that I ran the best I could for that day and there really was nothing I would have done differently.
Talk about pain at the end. I fell on Marli and she had to hold me up for a few minutes while my legs seized up.
It got real tough at the end there but I grinded, grit my teeth and fought. Third fastest marathon, and realistically, it's prob the second, because the one in MD was a little short I think.
1 06:02.0
2 06:00.0
3 05:57.4
4 05:58.4
5 06:03.1
6 06:04.9
7 06:03.8
8 05:59.7
9 05:59.7
10 05:56.0
11 05:58.0
12 05:51.0
13 05:56.0
14 05:53.0
15 06:01.0
16 06:03.4
17 06:04.1
18 06:08.2
19 06:01.8
20 06:13.3
21 06:17.1
22 06:29.8
23 06:42.1
24 07:01.3
25 07:08.7
26 07:12.4
0.3 02:18.3