Up at 4:45 immediately ate a banana with almond butter
Got ready
Start line by 6:15
Ate some of a Power bar and some of an orange
Got in line
Going into the race Coach Teresa and I had decided:
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Go out very conservatively. Where I did not get many long runs in I
needed to make sure I did not blow up
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She told me my race did not start until about mile 20
so I needed to make sure to have mantras in mind when people were passing me to
continue to keep my pace slow.
Usually I turn my Garmin on when I hear the anthem,
didn’t hear it this time, so the race was starting as my Garmin was searching
for satellites! First mile I think my
time is messed up because of it. I had
planned to stick with the 4 hour pace group the first half of the race but I
never found the pacer.
Mile 1-6
9:03, 9:03, 8:42, 8:49, 8:50, 9:02
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Pace felt VERY easy and controlled. I felt like I was just jogging along.
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Most of these miles were downhill
* *Took first GU at mile 5,
grabbed water at mile 6 and spilled it everywhere!
Mile 7-13.1
9:13, 9:06, 9:38, 9:08, 9:07, 9:02, 9:18
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Pace still felt very controlled and easy. Small
hills felt easy to get up.
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Started to get hot in this section. Every aid station from here I poured water
down my head. People were handing out Popsicles at mile 9, I grabbed 2 and held them in each of my hands to try to
stay cool.
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Mile 10 a police man started running with me and asked
me for my number! Ha :)
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Turned music at mile 11
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Crossed 13.1 at 1:57:XX Was really happy at this point,
thought I’d make it under 4 hours, everything was downhill from here until
state street at mile 25.
**Took GU at mile 10 then water at
11
**Took GU and water at mile 13.1
Mile 14-18
9:02, 8:54, 9:06, 9:06, 9:02
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I was trying to interact with the little kids along the
street during this section and it really made the time go by so fast
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Mile 16 I got to see Julia and Rachelle! The whole race I was on the look out for
Julia and gave me such a boost to see her sweet face!!!
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14-15 was beautiful running by those expensive houses
and lots of tree cover. Mile 16-18 was
SUPER hot along Van Winkle and no tree cover at all.
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I really wanted to speed it up here but I kept telling
myself, ‘your race does not start until mile 20’
** Took GU and Water at 16
** Took Power Aid at 18
Mile 19-21
9:38, 9:38, 9:18
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Pace started to slow...I was getting HOT.
Up until this point I felt amazing – not tired or sore at all. I still felt good here but was loosing some
energy. Now that I write this down I
stopped taking GU’s at mile 16 which was probably why.
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Somewhere along mile 20 I saw a house that had a
‘temptation station’ with a whole table filled with alcohol and shot glasses…
really? Just thinking of taking a shot right then made me want to throw up!
Mile 22
15:05
-SUCKED! I don’t know what happened but right after I left Liberty Park my hamstrings cramped up so bad I couldn’t
even walk. I had to completely stop and
stretch them out.
*While I was stretching I drank a full cup of Power Aid and
poured about 4 cups of water on my head
Mile 23-26
9:14, 8:42, 9:27, 9:00,
1:47
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After I started running again I knew that the sub 4 was
out of the picture so I really just tried to enjoy the rest of the race
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Coming around the corned and looking up State Street at
mile 25 is humbling for sure! During this whole incline I was saying out load
‘I Run This Body – BTM’ over and over and over…
Last .2 had a nice kick at 7:21 pace
4:06:09
14/519 AG
87/2799 Female
-- I really like taking a GU about a half a mile before an upcoming aid station, then washing it down with water.
-- The last portion of the race I stopped taking GU and
replaced it with Power Aid – shouldn’t have done this.
-- Starting of conservatively is key! Those first miles were very downhill but I
still might have started out too fast for what I was pacing for.
-- Took an ice bath right after and it seriously felt sooooo
good.
-- My body was so salty after the race. Maybe this is why I cramped up so bad at mile
22? Maybe I should try taking those salt tablets.
-- After the race until today I have been very thirsty but
no appetite. Been forcing myself to get down some protein.
So happy that I even got to run this race!
2 weeks ago I
thought I was going to have to sit this one out and
I ended up getting a 24
minute PR.
If I can decrease my time
that amount again marathon #3 will be a BQ! :D
