Indianapolis Monumental Marathon.. Wrapped up my year with my fourth marathon (second in two weeks).. Finished with a new PR of 3:48:08 (54 seconds faster than two weeks ago).. Finished 1125 out of 3725, 111 out of 301 in my age group of 45-49.. Braden was going to run with me as long as he could, and that helped me out tremendously.. Cold temps and 20 mph winds, well our warm up was about .35 miles.. I ran with more clothes than I had expected, but I couldnt tell that it hurt me.. Start was hard as we had to do a lot of weaving in and out of traffic.. First half mile I saw we were at an 8:45 pace (was hoping for low 7s on the first couple of miles).. Braden hit the holes and I followed most for the first six miles.. Hydration was not a problem today, as I didnt have to take water as much as two weeks ago.. Went through the gels more today than ever.. Take one at 45 minutes, one at 1:25, one at 2:10, and the last one at 3:00.. Hit the half and my legs were spent.. Time of 1:43:39 (about a minute slower than two weeks ago), and that is actually my third fastest half but all three have been the first half of a marathon.. I knew it was going to take a lot in the second half.. Was able to keep it to a low 9 or 8s until mile 19.. The gel I took at mile 21, killed me mainly cause it was almost a mile to the next water station.. The vanilla dried up my mouth and everything.. I kept losing time each mile, but 10:20 was my worse (big improvement over two weeks ago).. I knew that was going to be the easiest spot to make up time.. Lost Braden at mile 22.. Pushed ahead when I got to the 5k to go spot, a simple math in my head I knew I would have to pick it up to PR.. Ran negative splits the last three miles to get it!! Mile 1 - 7:59.. Mile 2 - 7:42.. Mile 3 - 7:45.. Mile 4 - 7:33.. Mile 5 - 7:37.. Mile 6 - 7:49.. Mile 7 - 7:49.. Mile 8 - 7:50.. Mile 9 - 7:44.. Mile 10 - 7:52.. Mile 11 - 7:54.. Mile 12 - 8:13.. Mile 13 - 8:21.. Mile 14 - 8:18.. Mile 15 - 8:34.. Mile 16 - 8:41.. Mile 17 - 8:46.. Mile 18 - 9:09.. Mile 19 - 8:59.. Mile 20 - 9:25.. Mile 21 - 9:28.. Mile 22 - 10:03.. Mile 23 - 10:20.. Mile 24 - 10:14.. Mile 25 - 10:11.. Mile 26 - 9:46.. Finishing at an 8:57 pace.. Day 349 of my run streak.. Ran an 8:43 pace.. PRed miles 11, 19, 24, 25, and 26
Posted on: Sat, 01 Nov 2014 23:20:22 +0000
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