Bret

New York City Marathon 2022 - not a bad day all things considered - this was my 12th NYC and although my fastest times are in my past when I head into races now - my mindset is still to try to do the best I can given my training/fitness at the time and the conditions on race day.  Well this years race was the warmest in its history from what I read.  Humid and sticky mid 60's dew point and temperature at the start and it would get to 74 degrees by the later miles in the race.  We were fortunate that there were mostly cloudy conditions at times. 
My race plan was to run to feel and to keep my heart rate aerobic not to exceed 150.  Unfortunately that number was out the window by about 7 miles.  I allowed myself to edge up to the upper 150's knowing my anaerobic limit is about 162.  My pace was solidly in the upper 7's dipping under 7:30 a few times until late in the race when I went above 163 HR for too long around mile 21.  Then it was just a matter of time for the pace unravel a bit. I think I had a few miles in the mid 8's and generally it was a bit unpleasant from 22 to the finish.  

Happy with 3:31 on the day.  Probably was good for maybe 5 mins faster if the weather was cooler and drier.  My son-in-law Marcus ran his first NYC today and finished well.  We had the whole family including his parents and my kids and granddaughter here.  Made for a really nice weekend.