Select Medical Harrisburg Marathon - RunMarathon


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Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
United States
Harrisburg Marathon
60F / 16C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 3h 58m
Overall Rank = 344/907
Age Group = 40-44
Age Group Rank = 50/90
Pre-race routine:

Carbs until 6pm Saturday. Not much after that.
Gatorade early, couple bananas, gels during race
Event warmup:

None- what the hell, it's 26 miles. Felt great till mile 16
Run
  • 3h 58m
  • 26.2 miles
  • 09m 05s  min/mile
Comments:

First marathon. Very, very clueless but really glad to hit my 4 hr goal.
Definitely could do 3:45 or so with pacing and maybe 3:35-40 on flatter road coarse without the 2 miles of big hills?
What would you do differently?:

Train runs more that 10 miles would be a start.
Absolutely stick to my pace. Went out WAY too fast. Rand some 7:40 miles when i was planning on 8:30-40 early.

Post race
Warm down:

Limp around and limp home to hot tub.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Starting too fast mainly. Not being ready for the hills at ALL.

Event comments:

Only marathon i've done but i thought is was fine...




Last updated: 2009-09-15 12:00 AM
Running
03:58:00 | 26.2 miles | 09m 05s  min/mile
Age Group: 50/90
Overall: 344/907
Performance: Below average
Ran 8 min pace through 15 miles.(apparently big mistake..lol) 1:45 at half. HR 161 early. 145 or so when legs died.
Course: Heard it was all flat..wow. the huge climb into development at mile 18 followed by the rolling steep trails 19-20 absolutely killed me.
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %2
Overall: Average
Mental exertion [1-5] 4
Physical exertion [1-5] 4
Good race? Ok
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] 4