13.1 in 2:20 and i am sore
May 4th, 2009
Place Div /Tot Gende/Tot Name AgeG Bib City St Split10 Guntime Net Pace
2417 234/257 1243/1424 Mike Welsh 38 M 3752 i PA 1:01:52 2:21:33 2:20:22 10:43
Did the race. Out of 3093 finishers I didn’t finish last. I maintained a faster pace than last year and did 4 minutes better than my broad street finish for 10.1 miles. This was an awesome experience and is an additional milestone. Prep is key. Also to all the folks who encouraged, ran with or yelled at me I appreciate it.
The course was nice there were a number of hills here and there. Overall the last 2-3 miles were painful. I sprinted the last 125 meters or so and that was per my coach Mary and the guy running next to me who started to take off.
Notes to self:
- Bandaids or immovable underarmor shirt
- run 13 miles at least once prior to the race
- pace control better earlier to a manageable long pace ie. 9:39s for the first 5-6 may have been to aggressive at the time.
- I did 6.55 mi in 61 minutes faster that my January trainings – 66 mins for 6.00mi
- All runs are progress simply by finishing, had some good miles ans some bad/hideous ones, but I was able to have them all 13.1 of them and that’s all that counts to me in the end…
- Also get more body glide