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Little Rock Marathon

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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?

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
24.0026.200.000.0050.20
Race: Little Rock Marathon (26.2 Miles) 02:33:59, Place overall: 2, Place in age division: 1
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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Mile 1 5:39: Started slow and in 7th place the leader went through the half in 1:09:50 and 2nd and 3rd went through 1:12:50 1:13

 

Mile 2 5:28 running comfortably this course has a lot of ups and downs

Mile 3 5:39 feeling great and just going through the motions I just felt like it was a long run.

Mile 4 5:37 still just cruising along the curse a lot of turns

Mile 5 5:44 uphill and trying to find someone to work with

 

Mile 6 5:36 got directed wrong a cop working the streets was just talking to another cop while I was passing by I went about 1 block and half in and then he yelled at me telling me I was going the wrong way. So I ran 3 blocks extra in this section. I was pissed and told the cop, come on man, that’s why you are getting paid for.

 

Mile 7 5:36

Mile 8 5:33

Mile 9 5:38

Mile 10 5:43 uphill

Mile 11 5:38

Mile 12 5:40 uphill

Mile 13 5:36  downhill

Mile 14 5:50 uphill

Mile 15 6:03 uphill

Mile 16 5:46 uphill  From Mile 10 through 16 was the toughest section and I think this is were it wore down my legs.

 

Mile 17 5:49 downhill putting breaks

Mile 18 5:38 flat passed 4th place

Mile 19 5:46 flat  passed 3rd place mile

Mile 20 5:49 flat on my own in dead man’s land ….blister heaven

Mile 21 5:56 flat

Mile 22 5:57 flat

Mile 23 6:15 flat lost concentration

Mile 24 6:19 flat not focusing on task and these musha 2 are killing my feet

Mile 25 6:31 1 small hill

Mile 26 6:24 coming down the hill

 

 

 

  • Note I did not hit the wall I just lost sight of what I was doing after I moved up to 2nd and  it was just tough to move forward since there was no one else to work with.

 

Overall time 2:33:59 2nd place overall not a p.r. and definetly was not happy with the outcome.  Gotta regroup and hit it hard for the Eugene Marathon in May.

 

Ran 20 good miles and then lost sight of what I was doing....no I didn't hit the wall...my blisters were hurting, there was no one to work with...and my legs were beat up from all the uphill running through the course...a) get some other shoes b) run in a bigger marathon c) run some harder tempos with more mileage....

 

*** Note *** It did not feel like I was running a marathon.... it felt more like a workout :/ ....bad workout. 

 

Pics later....

 

 

 

 

 

Comments(22)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.000.005.00

5 @ 42:30 

Post marathon run... the first mile a bit tight and sore, but all of that wore off after 10 mins and muscles were moving with slight soreness but nothing big as I have in other marathons... most probably will pick it up after 2 or 3 days of easy running! 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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4 easy

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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4 easy and food poisioning

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.000.000.000.002.00

food poisoning got me good..

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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can't even run but heck I still did 1

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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Finally over the hump and off and running Eugene Marathon Next!

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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