Marine Corps Marathon - RunMarathon


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Washington, DC, Washington, D.C.
United States
40F / 4C
Overcast
 		Total Time = 4h 41m 33s
Overall Rank = 10883/21013
Age Group = MALES 40-44
Age Group Rank = 1345/2112
Pre-race routine:

I had to get up early as i needed to take the metro to the race, woke up at 4:15 arrived at race around 6:15. It was cold ate 2 bananas, drank about 30ox water and ate protein bar, ate dried pineapple. Went to the bathroom multiple times and than went to the race start, there was a big line started with the 4-4-30 finish group.
Event warmup:

Not much I guess the walk from the pre are to the start about 5 min walk but other than that very little, it was a 6 min run just to get to the start line so there was some worm up.
Run
  • 4h 41m 33s
  • 26.2 miles
  • 10m 45s  min/mile
Comments:

Was doing very good and was below a 4 hr pace throughout the 25K mark. My legs cramped up and I had to walk for about 4 miles than I was able to run but not at a great pace.

The cramp was in my calves and felt like a baseball was in my muscle.

I drank at every drink station - usually the gatoraid, I also had a 20oz bottle of gu bur i finished during the race.

I ate GU about every 40 min, I also grabbed a Cliff shot at about mile 13 and a sport bean about mile 18.
What would you do differently?:

I think I need to run some of my long runs before the race at a faster pace. I am not sure what to do about the cramping but I need to work this out.
Post race
Warm down:

The shoot at the end forces quite a long walk i do not know for sure but about 1/2 mile walk

What limited your ability to perform faster:

The cramps

Event comments:

Very well organized and the marines could not have been more helpful, the only problem is that there are so many people there is a lot of waiting both in the beginning and the end but they do a good job with it all




Last updated: 2011-11-03 12:00 AM
Running
04:41:33 | 26.2 miles | 10m 45s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/2112
Overall: 10883/21013
Performance: Average
Distance MAR Clock Time 4:47:21 Chip Time 4:41:33 Overall Place 10883 / 21013 Gender Place 7328 / 12420 Division Place 1345 / 2112 Age Grade 46.6% 5K 0:29:23 10K 0:56:29 15K 1:23:52 20K 1:52:00 Half 1:58:28 25K 2:21:02 30K 3:00:59 35K 3:40:53 40K 4:25:37 Pace 10:45
Course: Great course - there was a little ice on the bridges in the beginning and there was a huge crowd
Keeping cool Average Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 5
Physical exertion [1-5] 4
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