Los Angeles Marathon XXV - RunMarathon


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Los Angeles, California
United States
LA Marathon LLC
60F / 16C
Overcast
 		Total Time = 4h 18m 6s
Overall Rank = /
Age Group =
Age Group Rank = 0/
Pre-race routine:

bowl of oatmeal and 1/2 cup coffee black. THen sipped on a gotarade until start. Traffic was a nightmare, actually got out of the car on the freeway and joined many others in running up the embankment and over the fence. Ended up walking about 1/5 miles to the start. Traffic wasw so bad they actually held up the race for 30 min to allow more people to get to the start.
Event warmup:

warm up was the walk there. Also some light stretching.
Run
  • 4h 18m 6s
  • 26.2 miles
  • 09m 51s  min/mile
Comments:

Run was great till about mile 17.5 where I started walking some. Calfs felt a bit tight, more than usual. I was wearing calf sleeves but they still got worn out on the hills. Run fitness was really only up to 18 in training so I thought I may suffer there. I feel like this was a good breakthrough workout.
What would you do differently?:

Pacing was right on in the beginning. I think it just a fitness issue.
Post race
Warm down:

hobble and wobble a mile or 2 back to the car.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

fitness

Event comments:

Great race that I will do again. Marathons are always really crowded for me at the start, and I don't like that. I packed 5 gels with me which worked great with the on course water and powerade. Back and neck were sore most of the time but I don't feel like it affected my performance much. It was a 11min PR, but still not good enough to break 4hrs. Perhaps I will do another marathon soon.




Last updated: 2009-12-08 12:00 AM
Running
04:18:06 | 26.2 miles | 09m 51s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/
Overall: 0/
Performance: Average
1-9:24 2-8:58 3-8:34 4-9:08 5-9:29 6-9:07 7:8:51 8-9:06 9-8:57 10-9:10 11-8:51 12-9:09 13-9:28 14-9:30 15-9:13 16-9:35 17-10:12 18-10:57 19-10:29 20-11:04 21-11:06 22-10:39 23-11:18 24-10:38 25-9:49 26-10:17 .50-5:04 Garmin showed 26.5 miles total.
Course: Great course this year starting at Dodger stadium and ending at the santa Monica pier. MOre hills than I thought, some downhill too, but didn't real speed up on them like I would have liked. Super crowded at the start.
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 4
Physical exertion [1-5] 3
Good race? Yes
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? No
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Good
Race evaluation [1-5] 5