Potomac River Run Marathon - RunMarathon


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Cradlerock, Maryland
United States
60F / 16C
Overcast
 		Total Time = 4h 05m 5s
Overall Rank = 82/145
Age Group = M30-39
Age Group Rank = 10/14
Pre-race routine:

Up about 1 1/2 hrs. befor emy race. Nice that it was about 8m away from my house. The course was on a path I run frequently so there would not be any surprises.
Event warmup:

jogged / walked about a mile and did 4 strides
Run
  • 4h 05m 5s
  • 26.2 miles
  • 09m 21s  min/mile
Comments:

Well this race was supposed to be a BQ effort and it is a perfect course for that. But to make a very long story short, I came in undertrained to run a fast (for me) marathon. So I plugged along and did the best I could.

In the end I didn't have enough to maintain my pace and finished w/ an ok time. My 2nd fastest in 5 marathons. I suppose the good news is that I ran that w/ very little hard tempo efforts and only about 25-30m of training per week and those were the high mileage weeks.
What would you do differently?:

One of these days I will get a chance to train for race the way I picture it from the begining of the plan.
Post race
Warm down:

walked up to the pavilion to get some food. Although my gut was it's usual know after a hard race, I managed to stuff my face w/ a bunch of crap. I spent the rest of the day recovering.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

See above

Event comments:

Great course if you want to try for Boston but don't need crowds to do it. Super flat, easy on the body. Be up front b/c the race is not chip timed.




Last updated: 2012-04-13 12:00 AM
Running
04:05:05 | 26.2 miles | 09m 21s  min/mile
Age Group: 10/14
Overall: 14/145
Performance: Below average
8:40 pace for 13.1m (1:53:32 1/2M split)
Course: Flat 2 loop out and back along the C&O towpath
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall:
Mental exertion [1-5]
Physical exertion [1-5]
Good race?
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Average
Race evaluation [1-5] 4