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Marathon: 2:21:12 (Chicago); 2:20:41 (CIM)
Half Marathon: 1:05:45 (Long Beach)
10K: 30:03 (Portland)

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00

Wed, Oct 05, 2011

Running Miles	Swimming Yards	Bike Miles
9.30	0.00	0.00

AM - 7.3 miles, easy recovery run. Legs are feeling great. Andrea was doing a workout this morning on the track, and I didn't like the idea of her running alone in the dark, so I went with her. I ran her warmup/cooldown with her, and ran laps around the perimeter of the track while she was doing her reps... yelling "LAST CHANCE WORKOUT" the whole time :-)

PM - 2 miles, rain shakeout.

Did you know the accuracy of the running course in a triathlon only has to be accurate to 10%?! (Link to story) So technically the "marathon" portion of an Ironman can be 2.5 miles short and that is perfectly within the rules. I don't necessarily have an opinion on the matter, or really even care at all, I just find it interesting the so much margin of error is allowed.

Comments

From Andrea on Wed, Oct 05, 2011 at 11:18:54 from 72.37.171.52

HAHA I wish you would've actually done that - I probably would've run 5 min pace!!

From Superfly on Wed, Oct 05, 2011 at 13:07:03 from 74.211.21.81

My wife would love your reference to Biggest Loser:)

I find that triathlon fact very interesting too. So how many Ironman marathons are short? 2.5 miles could be a big deal with their boasting times. I mean a 2:40 marathon at the end of a Ironman is really impressive but a 2:40 on 23.7 isn't the same. Still great but not apples to apples.

From Lily on Wed, Oct 05, 2011 at 13:12:45 from 67.199.178.210

2.5 is a lot to be short. That's to bad they allow such a big margin.

Andrea is tough. She's going to kick some trash this weekend!

From Holt on Wed, Oct 05, 2011 at 16:18:30 from 204.113.55.41

Very interesting read on the tri-"marathon". Now it makes me wonder which tri's have short marathons...?

From Jake K on Wed, Oct 05, 2011 at 16:47:44 from 155.100.226.53

Yeah that's a HUGE difference... I don't know exactly what the top triathletes can do, but I'm guessing the best ones clock ~240 for the run. So that could easily be 255 if the courses are short!

And to think how big of a deal we all make if a course is off by 0.1!! :-)

From ACorn on Wed, Oct 05, 2011 at 17:35:09 from 68.66.168.22

Good luck this weekend Jake!

From Merri on Wed, Oct 05, 2011 at 21:45:56 from 160.7.252.148

Ha I love a great last chance workout! ;)

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