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Mill Race Marathon 2013

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Location:

Columbus,IN,US

Member Since:

Jun 13, 2011

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

37 Marathons -- PR - 2:48:53 (Fall 2014)

A bunch of Half Marathons -- PR - 1:19:20 (Aug. 2015 - Converted)

10k - 36:30 Unaided // 35:25 (July 2014 - Aided)

5k - 17:28 (Aug. 2015)

1mi. - 4:58 (July 2014 - Track)

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

10k and 5k's to get back into the swing of thing this summer

Sept. 21:  Mill Race Marathon - Under 3:00.  LET's GO!  

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

R2R2R in Grand Canyon  5/18/19 

Marathon < 2:45

Half Marathon < 1:18

Top 10 in Bluegrass 10k

5k < 17

Personal:

400m/800m competitively in track in high school.  Took 15 years off. Started running again in 2010.  Married to my beautiful wife, Tiffany, with 2 little boys, now 4 and 6.  I'm a civil engineer working for the Indiana DOT in Seymour, IN.   I live in a slightly larger town about 20 miles north - Columbus, IN.  Originally from Lexington, KY.

 

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Race: Mill Race Marathon 2013 (26.219 Miles) 02:59:14, Place overall: 12, Place in age division: 3
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
1.0026.220.000.0027.22

Ouch - another failure on the marathon attempt:

The race was an inaugral event in my hometown, and it was awesome to get to run on the closed down roads that I train on daily.  Turned out to be a huge event with about 600 in the full and 2500 in the half.  A random finisher of the half or full would win Cummins diesel engine truck!  (~50k value) - I did not win :)

Anyway, the race went a lot like some of the other marathons I have run.  Great for 20 miles, then not so great.  In training, I have been running a whole lot more mileage, and long runs at marathon pace.  Everything I had been doing looked like it was telling me that a 2:52:xx was my target.  So, I set out to run that time.  

First 20: 6:35, 31, 33, 45, 32, 28, 35, 35, 31, 34, 37, 37, 36, 32, 30, 30, 40, 26, 34, 38

Last 10k: 6:49, 7:01, 7:15, 7:25, 7:50, 8:18, 3:13 for 0.39

This is the worst I remember feeling at the end of a marathon in a while.  People later said that the temperature climbed in to the warm range near the end of the marathon... I don't remember feeling it get warmer, but I certainly remember how dead I was by about mile 22.  Check out the pace graph :)

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/382700673

Additional comments after reflection time:

I carried 3 GUs with me with specific plans to eat one at 7-8mi., half and a caffeinated gel between 16-18mi.  I probably should've had one more for about mile 22-23.  I remember feeling like I was in trouble around 20 mi. and for some reason told myself to plow on through the water stops.  There was even a critical point at mile 23.5 where there were GUs and some nutrition to consume - this spot would've saved me, I think.  I also realized that I only remember one aid station with sports drink.  I would've been doing alot better with more early on and throughout the race and a couple more gels...  probably... I did not race smart.  After 12 of these things you would think I would know better - I hate to say it, but this one was another learning experience instead of a victory.  Right now, its hard to stomach the idea of going through this again Nov. 2 :(   I guess it would help if I were able to walk.

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From Kam on Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 20:30:17 from 68.66.163.179

Sorry, Joe. I made a lot of the same mistakes this weekend; skipping aid, not eating anything...it all adds up and saps you of will and strength to finish. Good luck on the next one.

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