Atlantic City Marathon - RunMarathon


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Atlantic City, New Jersey
United States
Margate JCC
60F / 16C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 3h 43m 29s
Overall Rank = 121/742
Age Group = M30-39
Age Group Rank = 36/138
Pre-race routine:

Loaded with Raced Day Boost for 4 days prior, didn't take last 2 dosings. Took 2 enduralytes night before.
Woke 5:50am in timeshare, had coffee, banana, and large gatorade.
Walked to starting line, peed a couple times in Bally's. Took 6 drops of creatine 15min before start.
Event warmup:

walk to start. light stretching.
Run
  • 3h 43m 29s
  • 26.2 miles
  • 08m 32s  min/mile
Comments:

Started out faster than planned, but since miles 8-16 were into a strong headwind, I planned on finding someone around 8:20 to 8:30 to draft, but couldn't. So, into the wind I drafted preople faster than I wanted. Legs started getting sore around mile 12. At the 16 mile turnaround, finally got to run with the strong tailwind, but my legs couldn't go any faster. HR was spiking into the 200's. I suppose I was overheating? walked a couple waterstops, and did a lot of walking after mile 19. Took powerbar gel with 11x caffiene every 5 miles, took 9 enduralytes and 5 tylenol and 2 packs of biofreeze and 2 jolly ranchers and 5 Cliff Shot Rox (2g protein each) during race. Legs crampy after 20, locking up after 25.
What would you do differently?:

I suppose force myself to run much slower into the headwind?
Post race
Warm down:

got water, banana, orange slices, and waterice from finisher's village. Showered back in room and took ice bath. hottub when got home really loosened the legs up and was able to walk down stairs easier.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

10 miles of 15 to 25 mph headwind, heat, legs drained.

Event comments:

Great race! Besides the tight first almost quarter mile on the boardwalk, course was perfect. Plenty of volunteers (including my wife & kids that gave me water at the mile-9 water station!).




Last updated: 2011-09-29 12:00 AM
Running
03:43:29 | 26.2 miles | 08m 32s  min/mile
Age Group: 36/138
Overall: 121/742
Performance: Below average
1m=7:41/166 2m=7:47/164 3m=7:45/163 4m=7:46/165 5m=7:54/164 6m=7:59/166 7m=7:42/169 8m=7:51/170 9m=8:12/169 10m=8:06/168 11m=7:56/170 12m=8:12/169 13m=8:16/171 14m=8:20/172 15m=8:02/174 16m=8:14/189 17m=8:06/196 18m=8:17/200 19m=8:21/177 20m=9:15/170 21m=9:13/170 22m=8:53/171 23m=10:03/166 24m=9:41/167 25m=10:42/164 26m=10:34/163 26.2m=8:43pace/169 10K=48:32 13.1m=1:44:01 20m=2:42:14
Course: Boardwalk, AC,Ventnor, Margate, Longport
Keeping cool Below average Drinking Not enough
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Below average
Mental exertion [1-5] 2
Physical exertion [1-5] 2
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] 5