Rome Marathon - RunMarathon


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Rome,
Italy
13C / 55F
Sunny
 		Total Time = 2h 57m 26s
Overall Rank = 194/
Age Group = M35
Age Group Rank = 25/
Pre-race routine:

One of mine wisdom tooth "exploded" on tuesday before the race and I could not do the operation so I had to get antibiotics and painkillers. Every day before the race I had to go to toilette for 5 or 6 times per day because of the medicaments probably. On saturday before the race, I felt like not to partecipate, I was totally knocked-out mentally and phisically.
But I flew there from Switzerland on purpose and I could not miss it.

Event warmup:

The warmup was terribly affected by the fact that everytime I tried to run for warming up, I had to run to the toilette and I went there 3 or 4 times. I was feeling very light indeed and I decided to start because at least it was a nice sunny day.
I had a very light breakfast and probably everything went into the toilette.
Run
  • 2h 57m 26s
  • 42.19 kms
  • 04m 13s  min/km
Comments:

Until km 28km I felt ok but I was always thinking that my problem was going to show up and it did exactly after 30km and I was aiming for something around 2h50.
No way, I switched off the engine and I tried to enjoy the day even if it was painful to cross the finish line.
I can't say here how I felt after the race...
What would you do differently?:

Never run anymore a marathon if you are not at 100%
Post race
Warm down:

I had to walk a lot, like 2km to reach my car

What limited your ability to perform faster:

My tooth problem

Event comments:

It is one of the best course in the world. It was my 3rd in Rome and I will go again. Great organization, great scenery and lot of support on all the course.




Last updated: 2009-07-31 12:00 AM
Running
02:57:26 | 42.19 kms | 04m 13s  min/km
Age Group: 25/
Overall: 194/
Performance: Bad
Sector Abs.Pos. M/W Pos. Age Pos. Time Real Lap Pace Km 5 244 230 26 00:20:32 00:20:27 4.06 Km 10 246 232 26 00:41:04 00:41:00 00:20:32 4.06 Km 15 243 229 24 01:01:44 01:01:40 00:20:39 4.07 Km 21.097 198 185 20 01:26:31 01:26:27 00:24:47 4.03 Km 25 188 176 18 01:42:32 01:42:28 00:16:00 4.06 Km 30 173 160 19 02:03:15 02:03:11 00:20:43 4.08 Km 35 177 165 19 02:24:32 02:24:27 00:21:16 4.15 Km 40 185 174 20 02:46:45 02:46:41 00:22:13 4.26 Finish Line 194 183 25 02:57:31 02:57:26 00:10:45 4.53
Course: The course is beautiful, starting and finishing under the Colosseo. The course is basically flat and very fast but at the end you have paveau road for several kilometers which is a real pain if you arrive there tired.
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Below average
Mental exertion [1-5] 1
Physical exertion [1-5] 1
Good race? Yes
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Below average
Race evaluation [1-5] 5