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Boston Marathon 2012

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Location:

Laredo,TX,USA

Member Since:

Nov 28, 2009

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Marathon Finish

Running Accomplishments:

Personal Records:

Rice Invitational 1999 5k 15:08

UTSA Invitational 8k 24:54

Guajolote 10k 1999 31:16

3M Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:09:18

~~La Salle Chicago Marathon 2006 2:31:23~~

~~Eugene Marathon 2010 2:30:48~~

Boston Marathon 2011 2:28:01

Marathons:

2005 Austin Motorola Marathon 2:39:16

2006 Austin Freescale Marathon 2:32:32

2006 Chicago Marathon 2:31:23

2007 Greenbay Cellcom Marathon 2:32:39

2007 Fiesta Marathon 2:39:41

2008 Rock and Roll Marathon 2:45:20

2010 Little Rock Marathon March 7 2:33:59

2010 Eugene Marathon May 2 2:30:48

2010 San Antonio Rock and Roll Marathon Nov 14 2:36:57

2010 Fiesta Marathon McAllen, Texas Dec 12 2:39:29

2011 Boston Marathon April 18 2:28:01

2011 Fiesta Marathon McAllen, Texas Dec 11 2:40:18

2012 Houston Marathon Houston, Texas January 15 2:39:18

Short-Term Running Goals:

~~Sub 1:10 for Half Marathon and~~ ~~Sub 2:30 for marathon~~

3M Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:09:18

Up Next

~~IBM 3M Half Marathon~~ ~~1/24/10~~

Long-Term Running Goals:

I want to accomplish my short term goals first... Once I do that, I will have an idea of what to expect long term... 44 yrs old now and since I've been injured free for 1 month I am jumping back on marathon training. Any recommendations for a good marathon in December 2021? What is your recommendation?

Personal:

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Mon, Apr 16, 2012

Race: Boston Marathon 2012 (26.2 Miles) 02:50:44, Place overall: 228, Place in age division: 179

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
0.00	26.20	0.00	0.00	26.20

Boston Marathon Race Report 2012 - REDEMPTION 2013

Arriving at Boston Logan Airport

This is the start of the race!

It was FREAKING HOT!

Woke up at 5:00 am headed to the transit took Hyatt Harborside shuttle to the blue line and then headed to Govt Center

We got there 7 a.m. and just hanged out at the athletes village till 9:20 a.m. and then we headed towards the corrals!

Splits -

Mile 1 - 6:05
Mile 2 - 5:48
Mile 3 - 5:48
Mile 4 - 5:44
Mile 5 - 5:51
Mile 6 - 5:46
Mile 7 - 5:49
Mile 8 - 5:54
Mile 9 - 5:52
Mile 10 - 6:04
Mile 11 - 7:18 Stopped to take off compression socks cause they were soaked with water.
5:59
Mile 12 - 6:13
Mile 13 - 7:04 Stopped to take off my socks cause they were bothering me.
Mile 15 - 6:29
Mile 16 - 6:17
Mile 17 - 7:26 Stopped to go to the restroom at this point I just wanted to stop. I should have DNF but my pride carried me through.
Mile 18 - 7:06
Mile 19 - 6:56
Mile 20 - 7:19
Mile 21 - 7:33
Mile 22 - 6:41
Mile 23 - 6:59
Mile 24 - 6:53

Missed the last two splits poured water, gatorade and ice to cool the core temperature but it wasn't enough. I just said the heck with it and decided to cruise this marathon in. IT WAS HOT HOT HOT! DID I SAY THAT IT WAS HOT!

My Race Gear for the Boston Marathon

The lines to the yellow buses begins here!

Dennis and I waiting in the Village

Just went to the restroom about the 4th time lol

It was the hottest marathon with no shade and water hot as hell! I stopped 3 times! I had never walked in my previous 13 marathons and today was one of those days that no matter how good you want to do you have to adjust or be sent to the hospital .. I chose to adjust! Boy it sucked lol

Ran my worst marathon ever under brutal conditions the best thing is that I'm ALIVE and get to live another day (a lot of people dropped out or deferred to next years race) REDEMPTION 2013! Thanks for the support!

Congratulations on Finishing the
116th Boston Marathon!

Benny Rodriguez
Net Time	2:50:44
Overall	228/21554
In Gender	214/12588
In Division	179/4329

Comments

From Andrea on Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 15:33:50 from 155.100.226.54

Good job Benny. It was a tough day. Way to hang in there and finish it out.

From Jake K on Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 15:42:50 from 155.100.226.54

And that "Andrea" post was me, accidentally logged in under her name :-)

From rockness18 on Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 17:44:28 from 75.11.49.132

I enjoyed your pics and report. Way to hang in there on a tough day! It will make you stronger for future races I'm sure.

From Benny's on Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 18:33:16 from 68.203.250.147

Jake: that was me saying go Jake at the Start good job yourself!

rockness18: thanks we get to live another day

From runningafterbabies on Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 22:57:30 from 71.195.219.247

Good job benny! It was stinking hot out there. You will find redemption in 2013.

From jtshad on Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 06:07:45 from 12.27.176.2

Congrats on finishing a tough race. Conditions were brutal out there, that was the hottest race I have ever ran!

From Jake K on Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 08:28:44 from 155.100.226.54

Benny- I definitely recognized you at the start! This blog is so awesome - to be thousands of miles from home and recognize a bunch of faces from all over the country in a mass of 27,000 runners! :-)

From Steve on Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 16:35:17 from 12.171.31.2

Great race, my experience felt exactly like yours.

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