Rock 'n' Roll San Antonio Marathon - RunMarathon

Ran well, but started out too fast. Had a 13.1 PR @ 1:43, so that was obviously too fast. Held a 7:45 pace until about mile 17 or so, then started slowing down after a port o' john break. My digestive system didn't seem to be out of sorts though, and i didn't have to go! found that to be strange, but just kept running.
My ankles started to hurt around mile 18, then my left achilles flared up around mile 22-23. This slowed me down to a 9:00 pace or so, but i plowed ahead and never walked. Felt good about that!

Nutrition: Had about 5 Gu's, one every 35-40 min or so. No issues.

This race was a PR for me though, so I feel pretty good about it. I didn't really train specifically for a marathon either. I was training for the Austin 70.3 about 3 weeks earlier, and my weekly mileage never really got about 30 mpw. So I'm kinda stoked, and think that if I focus on just running i could do much better.

Keep nerves in check and start out a bit slower.

Walked around, had some food and Cytomax they were handing out.


Pain in my ankles and left achilles, and just started out a bit too fast.


The race was fun but overall organization was horrible. WAY too many people for my liking, which i knew going into it, but was still annoying. Not enough port o johns or TP (running out 90 minutes before the race is just silly). No one monitoring who was going into what corral to start the race, so a bunch of walkers were at the start and about got trampled by 30K participants trying to RUN.
Might just be the size of the event, but it wasn't to my liking. I'll stick to smaller races or trail runs from now on.