38th Annual Birch Bay International Marathon/25K Race
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38th Annual Birch Bay International Marathon/25K Race - Run
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Comments: Planned from the day I signed up to consider it a Training Run, not to get caught up in racing anybody. But just use it to put miles on the body. Ran with a 24 ounce bottle of perpetuam, didn't seem to make me feel better or worse. Water stations had Accerlade? Too sweet. I started off slow, trying to ease into a steady pace. HR was ok at first. Ran by myself for about 5 miles, till a guy caught and passed me, said he thought it was 9:30 pace. No mile markers on the course, so never knew the pace. Last two miles were hard, had no more lift in the legs, hips became a little tight. Blister started to form on second toe. What would you do differently?: Not eat meatloaf and veggies the night before. Only got 5 hours of restless sleep. The previous Sunday I did a 10 miler, but on Monday came down with a sore throat. So this week might have had a factor of why the run wasn't so great. Ran the race at 212lbs, weighed myself at home afterwards and was 209.5. Post race
Warm down: Hobbled back to truck. Really stiff getting out of truck at home. What limited your ability to perform faster: Sore throat and slight cold kept training to a minimum the previous week. Ok with the time, although really died out on the last two miles or so. Event comments: It's a very small scale race/event. The LRC sponsors it. And the director of this years race is a Ironman Triathlete. It's a barebones event, no medals/shirts ect.ect. They did get the marathon course certified and is the final event in the NW that people can use as a BQ. I'm happy with doing it and would do it next year. Still need to shed some weight. Groin and lower abdomen is still a problem. Last updated: 2005-12-25 12:00 AM
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Ate my morning oatmeal and coffee.
Watched the marathon start. Jogged a couple hundred meters to the 25K start, used the park restrooms one last time. Small event so no lines. Did some stretches.