GO! St. Louis Marathon - RunMarathon


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St. Louis, Missouri
United States
GO! St. Louis
70F / 21C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 3h 46m 1s
Overall Rank = 307/1593
Age Group = M40-44
Age Group Rank = 31/99
Pre-race routine:

woke up 4:30, 2 cups of coffee, 2 bagels w cream cheese, bathroom, drove to race, parked in VIP garage, drank bottle of water, went to VIP tent, then walked with wife and son to corral, then back to VIP tent last minute, bib tore, so refastened upside down, Kenyans and race winners were in the tent in the am, looking relaxed
Event warmup:

walked fast back to corral, no other warmup
Run
  • 3h 46m 1s
  • 26.2 miles
  • 08m 38s  min/mile
Comments:

lined up with 3:45 pace group. Stayed with them first mile, then felt a little slow so I went a head of them, avg HR was below 150 first five miles, went 8:41, 8:20, 8:29, 8:32, 8:15, then wanted to find portajohn at mile 6 there was a line so I decided to wait, felt good next 5 miles including holy hill, 8:07, 8:12, 8:28 (hill), 8:51 (portapotty), 8:17, maybe too fast here, then Half Marathon split off, still felt good 8:20, 8:20, 8:22, 8:15, then 8:37, started to feel it in my legs about 15 or so, 16-20 got tougher: 8:38, 8:38, 8:29, 8:45, 8:39, started walking all of the water stations, ended up taking 6-8 gels in total, legs started to really hurt about 21 or so, last 5: 8:39, 8:36, 8:44, 9:06, 8:59, 9:10, was really walking the water stations at this point, discomfort in left achilles and both quads, sucked it up and finished with 8:44 and 8:14
What would you do differently?:

not much, maybe a little quick in miles 6-15, 3:45 pace group passed me during mile 24 after I ran basically the whole race ahead of them, hill training helped during the hills, pain in the last 3 miles is difficult to simulate during training
Post race
Warm down:

walked, ART in VIP tent (just OK), hobbled to car, hobbled around the rest of the day

What limited your ability to perform faster:

last 4-5 miles painful

Event comments:

could have used a couple more drink stations toward the beginning and porta potties on the course during the beginning, overall, beat last year's time on a tougher course so good race, extra special since wife and son completed the half


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Last updated: 2013-02-02 12:00 AM
Running
03:46:01 | 26.2 miles | 08m 38s  min/mile
Age Group: 31/99
Overall: 307/1593
Performance: Good
Garmin indicated 26.46 and avg pace of 8:33
Course: pretty hilly, change in elevation over 1k feet
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Average
Mental exertion [1-5] 5
Physical exertion [1-5] 5
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