Well another STG marathon in the books. This was my 8th STG marathon and 12th overall, unfortunately they aren't getting any easier for me. I felt like my training was better this year than last year, so I was confident I would be able to at least run faster than the 3:37 I had last year. I was really hoping to hit a Boston Qualifer again so the plan was to be conservative from the start and then just see what would happen as the race progressed. Anyway for the most part I felt pretty good with my race, everything was going pretty good until about mile 20 when I started to get sick (threw-up at mile 20) and cramped up some. I was on pace for a 3:10, but the last few miles cost me and I came in at 3:14:47.
I actually feel like I'm in better shape than what my time was, but not much I can do about the race now. I'm encouraged with the time because the last few years have been a struggle for me at the marathon distance.
2010-3:18
2011-DNF
2012-3:37
I still feel like I'm young enough and I have the ability to get back to the faster times that I used to run if I'm willing to put in the time and effort. Anyway enough rambling... here are the splits from the race.
1-7:18
2-7:05
3-6:52
4-6:37
5-6:35
6-6:36
10K 42:25
7-6:40
8-7:34
9-7:33
10-7:29
11-7:36
12-7:15
13-6:49
Half- 1:33:51
14-7:25
15-6:33
16-6:32
17-7:02
18-7:20
19-8:29
20-7:56
21-7:13
22-7:55
23-9:00
24-7:37
25-9:32
26-8:17
.2-1:44
3:14:47 (7:25 avg)
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