Chicago Marathon - Run


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Chicago, Illinois
United States
LeSalle Bank
45F / 7C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 6h 00m 30s
Overall Rank = /
Age Group =
Age Group Rank = 0/
Pre-race routine:

Spent the night before the race puking up my healthy salmon and potato dinner. NICE! Glad I really worked on hydration the day before the race!!
Event warmup:

Walked about a mile to the race start with Trixie, CoGirl, Fitphd, Fromer, & RKreuser. Froze my tail off!
Run
  • 6h 00m 30s
  • 26.2 miles
  • 13m 46s  min/mile
Comments:

Felt good first 5-6 miles. Puked at about mile 6.5--then I felt GREAT! Saw JKBostic, theattorney & the gang cheering at mile 5. THANK YOU!! :)

Started getting a blister on my left foot about mile 9, by mile 13 my right knee started really hurting. Up until then I was holding a nice pace and was VERY happy with this silly race!

At 13, I started walk/run due to the knee and foot pain. Still holding a decent pace, although much slower than I wanted.

At mile 18 I had a massive princess fit! I had enough, was in pain and didn't want to be there anymore. My knee and foot were killing me every step, and I couldn't run more than about 5-10 steps at that point. I was FREEZING as soon as I started walking. BUT...my thoughts went to Cogirl and the fact that she was sitting in a hospital with a broken foot, and I wasn't about to quit!! I was gonna finish this race, even if it took me all night long!! :) I WALKED miles 18-26.2. UGH!!

Luckily I had my phone and got updates on awesome finishes by Rick, Trix, Shannon & Chris!! :)

A great big THANK YOU to Jeff for coming back and giving me some moral support miles 22 thru the end!! :)

What would you do differently?:

Not get a big fat blister, train harder, stretch more, not whine!!

I finished 1.5 hours slower than my goal time, but at least I finished. I'm pretty freaking disappointed in myself.

Oh, and not have salmon swimming back upstream all night before the race. :)
Post race
Warm down:

Got my finisher's medal, caught up with JKBostic, RKreuser, Stake, ChipmunkHeart, JDicarlo & Fromer. Tried to get my foot and knee taken care of in the medical tent and get warm.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

A big fat blister and a painin' knee.

Event comments:

REALLY freaking crowded race. Hard to get keep a steady pace without weaving through millions of people. Good fan and volunteer support.




Last updated: 2005-09-25 12:00 AM
Running
06:00:30 | 26.2 miles | 13m 46s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/
Overall: 0/
Performance: Bad
Course:
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
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Overall:
Mental exertion [1-5]
Physical exertion [1-5]
Good race?
Evaluation
Course challenge
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities:
Race evaluation [1-5]