I ran the ST. George Marathon this morning, I had 3 goals today the gold standard was BQ, the Silver was a sub 3:30 and then the bronze was a PR. It ended up being the bronze, but thats better than no medal at all. The weather was perfect with a slight tail wind at the start, it got a little warmer towards the end but way better than last year. I was doing really well and feeling really good until mile 17 , 18 and my old calf injury came back to haunt me... I had to stop a few times and have it worked on and it seemed to help get me through the rest of the race, and then I had to stop for a major potty break around mile 22 and that cost me some serious minutes.
Here are my splits:
Mile 1 7:57
Mile 2 8:25 had a potty break here.
Mile3 7:37 A little to fast on that one.
Mile 4 7:59
Mile 5 8:11
Mile 6 7:58
Mile 7 8:03
Mile 8 9:06 Veyo and I took it pretty easy which was the plan.
Mile 9 8:25
Mile 10 8:31
Mile 11 8:31
Mile 12 8:03 I was pretty Happy with this stretch as this is usually where I lose it but I felt really good.
Mile 13 7:55
Mile 14 8:19
Mile 15 7:37 Downhill and I probably went a little to fast on this one but still feeling pretty good.
Mile 16 7:55 Better pace here.
Mile 17 8:57 Calf started to flare up big time.
Mile 18 9:15 Calf ouch!
Mile 19 9:26 Calf.
Mile 20 8:53 Calf feeling a little better.
Mile 21 8:00 Trying to hang tough!
Mile 22 10:27 Major Potty Break, no choice here just really feeling bad!
Mile 23 8:34 Still trying to hang tough.
Mile 24 8:29 Hanging in there. Calf feeling better.
Mile 25 9:02 Stopped to text my wife, whichI will never do that again . Cost about a minute.
Mile 26 8:39 I realize here that I still have a chance to PR so I try to pick it up!
Last .20 2:17 7:49 Really giving it all I had to the finish.
It feels pretty good to PR for a change, but oh what could have been with a little more luck... But I'll take it and move on to a better day and keep after it.
Unofficial Time as I haven't checked the results but a 1:00 and plus PR according to my watch.
Now its offical 3:42:18, I was off by one second.
I'm going to be taking some time off to recover from this Race probably a couple of weeks, or maybe more it depends on my body and mind, on the recovering part, HAHA!.
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