Marathon #4 for the year which made me a grand slam finisher, and marathon #26
6 min pr so I can't complain, I feel like it could have been faster if my SI joints wouldn't hurt.
details later
1st half 1:31:55
2nd half 1:29:08
the elusive sub-3 got away from me again, and darn it I felt so ready. The day was perfect, the weather was more than perfect. My one mistake was forgetting to take my Celebrex that morning and having to deal with SI joint pain almost the entire time. But I am kind of use to that, the Celebrex really doesn't work that great for me anymore (I think my body is use to it and I am not going to take it anymore) I need to find some way to be able to marathon with less pain. I let you all know when I find it!
Marathoning is such a tricky distance and it rarely comes together to have everything perfect so I really do feel good about my race and feel like a lot of things went my way. I also learned a lot like there is a uphill in almost every mile the last 9 or so miles so I need to train on more rolling for my tempos to train my body to switch hears better. And I do best on liquid nutrion I used heed and pretrum in this race. I learned this year to controll my nerves and race off feel and not obsess about my watch which has helped my a ton and in turn I slept really well before this race, which I never do. I have learned over the years to enjoy the ride because the final destination doesn't usually turn out quite how you want it but when it does it's like finding a 100$ out on a training run!
My goal going into this race was a 2:55 and I believed with all my heart I would do it. So coming across the line at a 3:01 and not really hitting a wall I was disappointed. At mile 20 I defiantly thought I was going to break 3 but I guess I wasn't running as fast as I thought I was, again I really wasn't watching my watch close. Maybe I should have? So while I do have some disappointment I am still happy and am extremely happy with my "ride" this year. I have had huge PRs and broken through barriers I've been trying to do for years and years. I've taking over 11 mins off my marathon time and 5 off my half. I have also learned that HiiT training helps tremendously in running and will continue to do that as part of my training.
On to my weekend, went down on Thursday with my mom, Ericka, and Darin (Mel's son). Ran Friday morning with them all and was able to relax and enjoy Friday instead of driving, it is always nice to get down a day early. Went to the expo and saw some people and chatted. Slept really good, man that was nice. Woke up at 4 and ate an egg and some oatmeal a banana and my meal replacement drink. I also had an egg an hour before the race. Got up to the start with 45 mins to spare just enough time, and man it was cold but we could see we had a tailwind:) used the bathrooms a couple of times and saw lots of friends I haven't seen in a while, which I always love. Lined up and we where off.
The first 6 went by really fast and me and Rebecca where together, I was cold but by 3 I was warm and ready to take off my shirt but I still had arm warmers gloves and a head band on. Took water at 3 and my drink at 7 and was feeling good and the pace felt easy, just could feel my back.
First 10k was 41:40
The next section is where I feel like I need to impove on, Veyo and dameron valley. I felt good but Veyo did fell like it zapped me some and dameron wasn't as fast as I wanted. Then going through the half at 1:31:55 was I little disappointing I wanted to be under 1:30 but new I still had a lot to give and could run a negative split. So at 13 I started to work and while I picked up my SIs where hurting pretty bad so I couldn't just let it loose and run as fast as I had in nebo. But I still was doing good and had my sights on that sub3 though I knew it would be close I was going to do it, so I thought. Rebecca pulled slightly ahead and in hind sight I should have just stayed right with her and maybe we could have worked together to break 3. I felt good though and running down snow canyon was fun and I was passing so many people, I was focused and loving it. 18 is always a mental battle for me in this race because so many times I've been so done by then and you hit the Winchester hills. While I was starting to feel some fatigue I still felt good and pushed on. At 20 I was still pulling decent splits and feeling good, besides my back and still passing. I was focused and when I felt myself slow down I would through a surge in and speed up to get my pace back. At 23 I was still feeling fairly good and thought I was going to make it, I was pumped and ready to have no wall to deal with. And there was no wall, it was my dang SIs that just hurt so bad when I got to the flat I couldn't get my legs to turn over as fast as I needed them to. So my paced slowed, the last mile was hard but I didn't cry or wine or moan like I usually do at the end of a marathon, which was one of my goals. When I reached about 25.2 I realized I wasn't going to break 3 and got a little bummed and stopped trying and bless Rachelles sweet heart she was trying to push me that last little bit, while it was helpful I already knew I wasn't going to get it. But all in all it was a good day and so many people did so well, including my super sis Ericka, my traiang partners in crime, Rebecca, mcKenzie, and Aubrey and so many blog friends as well. Such a fun day. Now time for a break and back to lots of HiiT.
splits
7:01, 6:57, 6:40, 6:35, 6:45, 6:27, 6:29, 7:40, 7:20, 7:15, 7:40, 7:21, 6:56, 6:55, 6:36, 6:35, 6:45, 6:41, 7:09, 6:47, 6:30, 6:51, 6:45, 6:46, 6:56, 6:59, 1:35(6:50)
After I walked back a mile and ran my mom in.
something to note while I felt fine after I finished I still passed out at the finish, must be my body's reaction to working hard and stopping a the sudden
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