Austin Marathon - RunMarathon


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Austin, Texas
United States
The Austin Marathon Foundation, Inc.
44F / 7C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 3h 53m 58s
Overall Rank = 955/4039
Age Group = 35-39
Age Group Rank = 144/423
Pre-race routine:

Target 3:55 pace 8:58 and 163# as of 21 Dec How about 9:04 pace at 19.5mi and a 3:53 (8:53) overall, 166# updated 25 Jan post 3M Missed the weight but got the goal!

Carbo loaded on Sat (big breakfast fr toast, potatoes, eggs, pasta lunch and a bag of pretzles 2 gatoraide) and ate a min dinner. Drove to Austin and spent the night w/ACR. Bed at 2200. Woke at 330 for 2+ cups applesauce and 1 scoop whey protine, half bottle gatoraide and banana. Back to bed till 6 coffee, 1 miracle salt, ensure, half a powerbar at 640 on the way out the door. Sleeveless base, longhorn shirt, gloves no hat. carried 4 jells 1/2 powerbar 2 hr bottle(perpet and gatoraide mix) on the course. Feeling good even though the sleep was not great.

Event warmup:

Walked to the start line and waited
Run
  • 3h 53m 58s
  • 26.2 miles
  • 08m 56s  min/mile
Comments:

144/423 Men 35-39
23/73 Military
955/4039 Overall
759/2462 Males

Started behind the 4:15 pace group and started slow! Planned to neg split due to the 7 mi downhill at the end. It worked. In my div my ranks follow 5K 53d, 10M 47th, 1/2 mara 45th, 20M 34th, overall 23d. First 6 mi in 9 min pace, stopped to water the trees. Finished the 2 hr bottle of perpetium around 12 mi. Started jells at 14 then 17 and 20ish. Next uphill section was able to maintain 9 flat till 21mi. At 21 I realized my goal was achievable and started really hammering. Last prota john stop at 22mi (yes that’s 3 stops for 40 sec per stop). At 23 turned it up again. Last 3.47 miles in 27:30. Feeling unbelievable!
What would you do differently?:

Drink a little less and not stop to pee as many times, can't do anything about it
Post race
Warm down:

walked thru to get shirt, sat down to stretch then back to the hotel

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Going to the bathroom

Event comments:

Good race. Finisher shirt too small and trouble at the expo day prior (no backpack left when we checked in). Got an email, Back pack will be shipped within the month. I'll still do it again if I'm here next year




Last updated: 2009-11-18 12:00 AM
Running
03:53:58 | 26.2 miles | 08m 56s  min/mile
Age Group: 144/423
Overall: 955/4039
Performance: Good
9:39 8:56 9:00 8:49 8:53 9:06 8:58 8:53 9:00 9:03 9:12 8:27 8:42 8:22 7:29 8:06
Course: Hilly Austin course starts So of Capital then heads along the river up to the north and shares a common leg with the 3M. Great course w/ last 7+ miles net downhill!
Keeping cool Good Drinking Too much
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 5
Physical exertion [1-5] 5
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: Average
Race evaluation [1-5] 4