548D050 Cox Sports Marathon
Sun, May 6, 2012
7:30 AM Eastern Time
648 685 Patrick Kearney 3:58:49 9:07 3:58:53 49 434/816 M 110/217 M4049 HAMDEN CT
1354 1350 Cyril Steinhauser 7:19:32 16:46 7:20:32 70 816/816 M 4/4 M70+ LA SALLE MI
Overall
648/1354 = 0.48
Age
Division 110/217 = 0.51
Males
Total 434/816 =
Bed to 1:30am. Up 5:30am.
Race Start 7:30am.
Ran 26.41 miles in 3:59:27
@ 9:04/mile per Garmin…forgot to turn
The Garmin off. The official time will
be 3:58 something. That was the reading on the Marathon Clock
when I crossed the finish line. My
personal best for the Marathon distance is 3:54 @ 8:56/mile…so
about 4 minutes off from my personal best.
I was going for 8:30s.
Mile 1-5 sees 236 feet of vertical and done at 8:22/mile.
Mile 6-10 has 178 feet of elevation and done at 8:24/mile
Mile 11-15 sees 158 feet of vert and done at 8:35/mile.
Mile 16-20 has 217 feet of vertical and done at 8:58/mile avg.
Mile 18 sees the first split in the nines range…18 at 9:06/mile, mile 19 at 9:07 mile and mile 20 at 9:13/mile. Out of 8:30s
territory now.
At the 20 Mile mark, my average pace is 8:35/mile. Thus
95 seconds off goal! Not bad!
BUTTTTTTTT, Mile 18-20 is telling. The story is simple. The Wall is coming.
The Wall…Mile 21-25 has 255 feet of elevation and done at 10:29/mile avg.
Now I am not 1.5 minutes off target goal…I am 11.5 minutes
off my target time.
The plan was to PR for the Marathon
distance…I changed that plan at around Mile 22.
Not happening. The new plan was
to simply get around the 3:54
personal best marathon time.
Is 3:58 a good time? Yep. I
mean, I am off my Personal Best by four minutes! Well a few observations:
I ran 60 miles during the past 5 weeks (avg. 12 miles per
week). Folks, need to run a bit more
than that to do well!
Glycogen storage inferior…muscles not fueled properly. Need to get better with dieting. Ham and Cheese sub pre marathon dinner??
Staple of the Marathon…get good
rest. Me – bed at 1:30am, up at 5:30am,
Marathon at 7:30am.
So I basically set myself up to hit the Wall! I mean, come on. What would you expect?
But if hitting the wall only gets me 4 minutes off my
Personal Best, I am pretty confident that proper training and not hitting the
wall will result in a massive PR.
All and all…I’m good with the 9:03/miles
for the marathon distance given my inferior training of late.
|
Split
|
Time
|
Distance
|
Elevation Gain
|
Elevation Loss
|
Avg Pace
|
|
1
|
0:08:06
|
1
|
26
|
13
|
8:07
|
|
2
|
0:08:30
|
1
|
36
|
20
|
8:30
|
|
3
|
0:08:29
|
1
|
62
|
39
|
8:29
|
|
4
|
0:08:18
|
1
|
33
|
33
|
8:18
|
|
5
|
0:08:25
|
1
|
79
|
46
|
8:25
|
|
6
|
0:08:23
|
1
|
30
|
72
|
8:23
|
|
7
|
0:08:34
|
1
|
108
|
30
|
8:35
|
|
8
|
0:08:08
|
1
|
7
|
92
|
8:08
|
|
9
|
0:08:28
|
1
|
13
|
49
|
8:28
|
|
10
|
0:08:28
|
1
|
20
|
13
|
8:28
|
|
11
|
0:08:30
|
1
|
20
|
39
|
8:30
|
|
12
|
0:08:31
|
1
|
59
|
46
|
8:31
|
|
13
|
0:08:43
|
1
|
13
|
20
|
8:43
|
|
14
|
0:08:27
|
1
|
33
|
20
|
8:27
|
|
15
|
0:08:43
|
1
|
33
|
33
|
8:43
|
|
16
|
0:08:53
|
1
|
30
|
10
|
8:53
|
|
17
|
0:08:32
|
1
|
46
|
26
|
8:32
|
|
18
|
0:09:06
|
1
|
20
|
13
|
9:06
|
|
19
|
0:09:07
|
1
|
39
|
79
|
9:07
|
|
20
|
0:09:13
|
1
|
82
|
33
|
9:13
|
|
21
|
0:10:17
|
1
|
66
|
33
|
10:17
|
|
22
|
0:10:01
|
1
|
39
|
10
|
10:01
|
|
23
|
0:10:24
|
1
|
75
|
151
|
10:24
|
|
24
|
0:10:24
|
1
|
36
|
30
|
10:25
|
|
25
|
0:11:18
|
1
|
39
|
95
|
11:18
|
|
26
|
0:10:50
|
1
|
46
|
33
|
10:50
|
|
27
|
0:04:39
|
0.41
|
52
|
49
|
11:25
|
|
Summary
|
3:59:27
|
26.41
|
1,171
|
1,161
|
9:04
|
| 