Cold morning (about 38 degrees) but fortunately not raining or snowing. Started a little fast with first mile at 6:19. Keith and I paced each other at 1:28 pace until mile 10. I faded hard but wanted to hit my goal of 1:30 and guaranteed entry to NY marathon so I kept pushing. Got to mile 13 at 1:29:34 and gave it all I had. Clock read 1:30:03 when I crossed, so I was a little bummed. Didn't think my gun / chip differential was 4 seconds but got good news an hour later - my chip time was 1:29:59.9. Love the 0.9 part of it! I may have garnered another clue to my stomach / dehydration problems. I drank a full cup of gatorade at the first aid station and felt sick for a few miles. I pushed through all of that but had a number of moments where I felt like I could have pulled over and vomited. I skipped the second aid station because my stomach felt so bad, and I drank only tiny sips of water at the third and fourth stations. 30 seconds after finished I had to find a bush and empty my stomach. It was still loaded with gatorade somehow. Maybe the sweetness of the gatorade is shutting my stomach down? I know some people dislike the taste. I don't mind the taste, but perhaps the sugar content is doing something to me? Anyway, perhaps I need to avoid the gatorade in future races and use pills or something for electrolytes? I kept pretty good split times. Here they are: Mile 1 - 6:19; m2 - 6:42; m3 - 6:35; m4 - 6:45; m5 - 6:58; m6 - 7:01; m7 - 6:42; m8 - 7:02; m9 - 7:05; m10 - 6:36; m11 - 7:21; m12 - 7:23; m13 - approx. 7:01; 0.1 - approx 0:24.
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