Marine Corps Marathon - RunMarathon


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Arlington, Virginia
United States
USMC
 		Total Time = 3h 59m 39s
Overall Rank = 4543/21923
Age Group = men
Age Group Rank = 3499/13234
Pre-race routine:

took train by myself from Franconia-Springfield. Hate using bag check so I carried all of my belongings in my fuel belt. Was running a bit late. Came out of port-a-john as cannon went off. Took my time to get to start line and ended up behind a lot of slower runners. Did not want to wear myself out, so I had to run the first 7 miles slower than planned. This took away my cushion and made the race difficult. Still made my goal of breaking 4 hours.
Event warmup:

None
Run
  • 3h 59m 39s
  • 26.2 miles
  • 09m 09s  min/mile
Comments:

took one walk break about 10 seconds before an aid station around mile 24, pretty much ran the rest of the course except for a few water cup stops.
What would you do differently?:

ensure I get to my corral on time to start.
Post race
Warm down:

very little. Just fought crowd to get out of the area and back home

Event comments:

I set my Garmin 305 workout to 26.5 miles in 4 hours, and my workout finished before I crossed the finish line. I know a lot of that comes from zig-zagging, but I feel the course is measured a bit long.




Last updated: 2010-10-20 12:00 AM
Running
03:59:39 | 26.2 miles | 09m 09s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/13234
Overall: 0/21923
Performance: Good
Course:
Keeping cool Average Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Average
Mental exertion [1-5] 4
Physical exertion [1-5] 3
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: Good
Race evaluation [1-5] 4