Potomac River Run Marathon - Run

I entered this race because I had been training to PR Baltimore in mid October, then got very sick the week before the race. This was basically a "redemption" race because I really wanted a PR. The course was scenic but somewhat boring. This marathon had only 105 finishers so it was very very low key. Very different than Baltimore a month before. It was well run and fun, though. I started out a (too) fast pace, and tried to hold it as long as I could. I felt pretty good through half, but started to fade. I'm not sure if the mile splits will past below but I'm going to try:

Time Distance Split pace Avg. HR Max. HR Elev. chg.
0:07:10 1 7:11 151 174 -16
0:14:09 2 6:59 161 163 -32
0:21:22 3 7:13 160 162 5
0:28:36 4 7:14 162 166 -5
0:36:00 5 7:24 161 165 -16
0:43:26 6 7:25 162 165 -8
0:50:54 7 7:28 163 166 -10
0:58:28 8 7:34 163 165 18
1:06:06 9 7:39 163 166 13
1:13:52 10 7:45 162 165 -3
1:21:32 11 7:40 162 165 0
1:29:20 12 7:49 166 169 42
1:37:04 13 7:43 169 172 10
1:44:54 14 7:51 167 170 -4
1:52:32 15 7:37 165 167 -33
2:00:22 16 7:50 166 169 -9
2:08:09 17 7:48 168 170 1
2:15:57 18 7:48 169 171 -7
2:23:52 19 7:55 170 171 -17
2:31:55 20 8:03 171 173 -6
2:39:59 21 8:04 172 173 -3
2:48:17 22 8:17 171 174 35
2:56:25 23 8:08 172 173 -13
3:05:31 24 9:06 163 174 -3
3:14:03 25 8:32 173 180 48
3:22:25 26 8:22 171 179 20
3:25:07 26.39 6:55 179 183 -3

I still need to learn to pace better.

Not too much - grabbed a shirt / jacket to warm up and some of the post race food. It was pretty sparse because the race was so small, but that was OK>


Poor pacing and the start of my eventual hamstring / back issue.


This was a fun little race. It was pretty much the antithesis of a "big city" race. But it was a fun change of pace. The course was flat and pretty, if not a little boring. This was one of the first marathons where I kinda wished I had some tunes.