3 miles, 8:58 pace. I actually feel pretty good which only means I need to practice better self control this week and not do anything stupid!
More marathon thoughts: I didn't want to make my race report any longer than it already was so I saved some crap for today.
- Nutrition/Hydration: I'm sure nobody really cares about this but I like to have record for myself. It is good to look back and see what I did when things work correctly. Breakfast was a bagel, banana, and 20 ounces of gatorade. At least 55 grams of carbs. I took 3.5 gels throughout the race at miles 9, 15, 20, and half a gel at 24. I drank plenty of fluids....maybe even too much for the cooler temps. But knowing my high sweat rate and history of dehyration I would rather be safe than sorry. Having my family on the course with water bottles the last 8 miles of the race really helped and made hydrating feel easy. Between the gatorade and gels I'd estimate that I took in about 700 calories throughout the run.
- Now that I have officially set a PR in every single distance including PR'ing in the marathon 3 times I think I can (maybe) officially retire the "PR outfit"? I am the most superstitious person ever and have drawers of cute running clothes but just haven't been able to stray from the PR outfit!
- While I'm on the topic of clothing I'd like to blame my marathon brain on the fact that I ran with one arm sleeve up and one down for the last 16 miles of the marathon. Seriously hilarious...wow! And for those that have asked the arm sleeves are $1.00 socks that I cut off...to make into arm warmers. I had full intentions of ditching them after the first few miles.
- My garmin measured 26.5 miles which clearly the course is certified and is only 26.2 and if I'm really that stupid and ran my tangents that badly than I'm just an idiot. The more likely explanation is that the satelite reception in the canyon was off. Anyway the point is I need to learn how to auto lap on my watch because being that far off of the course markings really messed with my head towards the end. The main reason I am upset about this is since I measure .5 instead of .2 it shows that I only mustered up a wussy 6:28 pace for my final kick. I'm pretty sure I was going faster than that for the actual .2 and I'd really like to know my split!
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My half splits I think (garmin was off and my chip did not register at the halfway mark)were 1:27:38/1:31:07. A positive split was inevitable on this course but I have to wonder how much the feet pain through miles 15-23 slowed me down. I guess I'll never know and will just have to run it again next year to find out.
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My feet are fine now and it is frustrating that this happens when running hills/distance. I'd like to get it figured out before I attempt another marathon. I need someone to watch or video tape me running hills and try to pinpoint what it is I'm doing wrong. I might not be able to change my form but I'd like to try to figure out if that is possible. I've also heard that the Newton brand shoes offer more support in the forefront so maybe I'll experiment with trying some different shoes as well.
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I did not give any credit in my report yesterday to the amazing organization of the event. TOU truly has it all figured out and if it weren't for the Moose on the road I may have strayed off course towards the end. "Just follow the moose", and "Common you can make it to the next green Moose" may have gone through my head more than once...
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I had created dedication miles before the race for miles 18-26 and as cheesy as it is I think it really helped. 18-20 were ran for my training partner in crime JulieC! She always makes me go fast at the end of a LR and I just pictured her by my side and us running fast together just like in training. This is also when the feet pain was intense and I know Julie is constantly running through pain so it helped me to focus. 21-23 were for my friend Julia who was running a 50 mile trail race in Wisconsin at the same time I was running a marathon. 23-25 were for my family and ironically this is were I saw my family the most so that helped. 25 was for Sam and 26 of course for Trevor.
Okay enough crap for now. Tomorrow I will bore you with my post marathon recovery rules. I do not have an Andrea at my house so you all will have to hold me accountable! ;) |