Mount Desert Island Marathon - RunMarathon

The run went very well. I had a very steady run. I wasn't trying to set any records. I wanted to try and keep it even adn see how close I could come to running even splits.

The course was constant rolling hills. None of them were terribly steep, but they were constant, and got worse at the end. Miles23-25 were almost all uphill and into the wind. I kept a pretty even pace. My fastest mile was 7:37. One mile was mismarked by a couple hundred of feet and I had stopped at the rest stop just before the mark. I had one 7:40 mile followed by a 9:20. In reality, it was more like an 8:20 followed by 8:40. I never walked more than 20 ft and only at the water stops. I passed a ton of people on the last few hills, as I just kept plodding along. Not too fast, but a steady effort. Ended up with my back half about 3:30 slower than the first half, but I really think this was more a function of the hillier second half, becasue I really felt OK until the last mile or so.

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walked around for a few minutes, sat and stretched and rode back to the hotel.


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This was a very good race. Beautiful but challenging course. Water stops every 2 miles with water and gatorade. Gel only at one stop. Helpful volunteers. Adequate post race spread.

Good location for a long weekend. Hiking in Acadia was good for recovery