Marine Corps Marathon (2008) - Run


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Washington, D.C., Washington, D.C.
United States
USMC
55F / 13C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 4h 42m 18s
Overall Rank = 9894/18279
Age Group = M2529
Age Group Rank = 981/
Pre-race routine:

Wake-up eat a little, take metro to race start.
Event warmup:

Walk to start line.
Run
  • 4h 42m 18s
  • 26.2 miles
  • 10m 46s  min/mile
Comments:

Ran this race with my wife on her first marathon. We trained at 12 minute miles in the Georgia summer heat. So running better than 11 min miles was great for us.
Post race
Warm down:

Food and drinks at the post race event.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Ran at wife's pace.

Event comments:

Absolutely professionally run race as always.




Last updated: 2009-06-13 12:00 AM
Running
04:42:18 | 26.2 miles | 10m 46s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/
Overall: 0/18279
Performance: Average
Course: Great Course through DC. My third time running the race and the crowds and support for this military run race is absolutely phenomenal.
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall:
Mental exertion [1-5]
Physical exertion [1-5]
Good race?
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Good
Race evaluation [1-5] 5