Kind of a miserable, death march of a run for me. The heat just destroyed me and it got me early. I wanted to be done at mile 10 and at mile 15 I thought "this is going to be a long 11 mile walk." Still fun though to run back here. Wellesley, Boston College and pretty much the last 5 miles are just incredible. The crowds are unbeleivable. More than any other marathon besides the first one, I was just so glad to be done. My plan was to start off and try and hit around 21:30 to 22:00 on each 5k and see how things felt after a couple. First two 5ks came in just over 22:00, which was slower than I wanted, but not too bad. The bad thing is that I felt like I was having to really work hard to get these times and the miles were not clicking by very fast. I was drenched in sweat after a mile. I knew things were going to be rough when I already had the doubts creeping in around mile 8 and 9. I should have just dialed it back and took my time once I had these thoughts. I hit the half in just over 1:36:00, which also wasn't too bad, but I just was not in it mentally. Anyways, it turned into a run/walk marathon pretty early for me. The Newton Hills were a lot tougher this year than I remembered them being from last year. On the down hills I was actually able to keep a descent pace going, but then I would stop and walk when it flattened out. Overall, the race itself was a blast. There is nothing like running that marathon. The way I ran the race is what is disappointing to me. I wish I would have just held back and took my time. I probably should have just started and ran with my brother, who ended up finishing about 1 min ahead of me. It's easy to say the heat is what destroyed me (and I think it did), but I should have been smarter with things from the beginning of the race. The trip was very fun though. 5k 22:05 10k 22:04 44:09 15k 23:12 1:07:21 20k 23:55 1:31:16 Half 5:03 1:36:19 25k 21:24 1:57:43 30k 27:51 2:25:34 35k 29:00 2:54:34 40k 29:22 3:23:56 Finish 12:25 3:36:21
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