Positive Running

Ran 26.5 miles to complete a 26.2 mile marathon in wet but decent conditions.  Temps dropped suddenly, about 6 degrees in the last 30 minutes of my run to approximately 40 degrees.  After I finished, temps continued to drop to about 34 degrees and sleet began.  Race conditions were nasty for people who finished after 4 hours.

No cramps and no wall. Official marathon time was 33:20 for another BQ.  Had some GI problems and took a bathroom break at mile 11 that consumed about 3.5 minutes.  Garmin read 7:58/mile pace.  Official split was 1:46:14 at 13.1 miles.  In second half of marathon course, I slowed down for two hilly sections.  Also ran farther than needed to avoid puddles and run around walkers.

Placed 7th in my age group (M5559) and 159 overall out of 1743 runners.  Feel almost fully recovered the next day,  Will take it easy this week, at least until Thursday.

Ran 8.1 miles in 67:34 (8:20/mile) on the TM.  Felt like I could easily have run further, but I ran out of time and had to prepare for a business meeting.

Ran 8 miles in 64:00 on the TM.  4 miles at an 8:10 average pace, and 4 miles at a 7:50 average pace.  Ran 0.1 miles at a 8:34 pace for a quick cool-down.

Ran 8.2 miles on the TM in 65:49 (8:05/mile).  Ran 2 of those miles at 7:47/mile, which is MP - 13 seconds.

I'm in southern New Jersey, visiting my Aunt and Uncle.  Ran 3 times around the Cooper River Park (3.5 miles per lap) in 66:20 (8:13/mile).  Ran pretty easy for the first 7 miles, and then picked up the pace and averaged 8:02/mile for the last 4 miles.  The snow was still on the ground, but the temperature rose from 38 degrees when I started to 43 degrees when I finished.  So, most of the snow should melt today.  I have a very busy day tomorrow, so I doubt I'll be running until Monday.