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Comments: I was extremely thrilled with my performance in this marathon. With an easier course and not so much wind I'd have gone sub 4-hours, I'm sure of it!! No results on the Gasparilla website yet, I'll post specific results when I get them. What would you do differently?: Not sure right now as it's all sinking in. I don't think I made any bad decisions. My pace was good, I slowed down when I needed to, and I didn't talk myself into walking until mile 23. I don't think I'd do anything differently. Post race
Warm down: Got a leg massage from Haley, and then walked around a bit. Had lots of gatorade and A BEER!! Ate a little bit of food, but I was still too unstable to eat anything substantial at that point. What limited your ability to perform faster: The wind on Bayshore. Otherwise, I think I was just about as fast as I could be! Event comments: Can't be happier with the way this race was handled. Weather delays suck, but that's ok, I'd rather have a delay than stress because of the weather. Last year at Disney, I ran 4:30:55. My per mile pace was about 10:24. I went out way too fast, at about 8:20 per mile for my first half, and because of this I hit the wall HARD at mile 16. Not here. I went out faster (7:xx per mile) and only stopped twice to walk, while I believe I stopped for at least 40 minutes during Disney. I knocked 24 minutes off my last marathon time. My goal was to finish at 4:15 or better...well I'm super thrilled with the 4:07 that I did. I am so blessed to have such great people surrounding me at these events. Every single BTer there was a joy to meet and get crazy with! Can't wait for next year! Last updated: 2006-02-13 12:00 AM
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United States
Gasparilla Distance Classic Assoc.
60F / 16C
Precipitation
Overall Rank = 437/1093
Age Group = 30-34
Age Group Rank = 42/78
Woke up at 0430. It was an absolute DOWNPOUR. Brian came to pick us up. Renee was a bit nervous, but she got in the zone quickly as we got to the site and walked around a bit. It was then that we found out that the race had been delayed by 15 minutes. Renee looked for (and found) Max, Christine, Rich, and Ken. I found Kim (who I'd promised I'd give a good luck hug to before we ran) and then we all settled into a spot and waited for the race to begin. We didn't wind up starting til almost 6:40.
Renee and I walked a good 15 minutes before we settled into our spot, so that was our warmup.