No walk breaks, mile 26 at 9:59 pace. I am pretty pumped!
Updated with splits. I decided 3 things in the first mile:
1) run entire race on grass/packed sand on side of road, out of kindness to my joints/muscles.
2) Screw the walk breaks!
3) My current pace of 10:15 seemed easy, so it was reasonable to maintain, and would bring me in around a 4:30 finish if I could maintain it ... ok, just keep running!
Of course, I would have been ok with walking at any point if required, but I was not considering that as I was deep into my visualization! :) Lo and behold, next thing I knew I was cruising past the Mile 25 mark and picked up the pace a little to run the last mile in 9:59 & finish in 4:30:19! BoooYahhh ... never in my wildest pre-race planning did I think I could complete 26 miles without walking & planned on walking at every mile water stop ... I knew all race plans would get thrown out the window as soon as the race started ... and it is wild where my imagination went & my body fell right in stride! Oh, & the best part ...my club level room overlooking the bay with a spectacular sunset behind I am a blessed!
The slower miles 5, 10, 15, 19, 22 really were not run any slower, those are the miles where I walked long enough to suck down a gel & fish 2 endurolytes out of my handheld water bottle to toss back with a glass of water ... and then right back into my comfortable pace. Oh & third fastest mile ... #23! I remember making myself slow down after that, as I still had a 5k+ to go & I was deep into uncharted territory! :)
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10:14 |
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| 2 |
10:07 |
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| 3 |
9:42 |
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| 4 |
10:03 |
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| 5 |
11:50 |
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| 6 |
10:17 |
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| 7 |
10:19 |
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| 8 |
10:01 |
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| 9 |
10:05 |
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| 10 |
10:59 |
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| 11 |
9:26 |
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| 12 |
9:54 |
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| 13 |
9:45 |
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| 14 |
9:33 |
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| 15 |
10:45 |
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| 16 |
9:42 |
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| 17 |
10:01 |
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| 18 |
10:03 |
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| 19 |
11:30 |
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| 20 |
10:01 |
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| 21 |
10:50 |
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| 22 |
11:08 |
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| 23 |
9:39 |
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| 24 |
10:09 |
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| 25 |
10:28 |
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| 26 |
9:59 |
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