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Boston, Massachusetts
United States
Boston Athletic Association
55F / 13C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 3h 41m 9s
Overall Rank = 11600/23336
Age Group = M40-44
Age Group Rank = 1436/2051
Pre-race routine:

Day Before: big breakfast with pancakes and homefries
pasta dinner (lunch)
chicken sandwich and baked potato dinner
Race day:
1/4 cup oatmeal in morning.
later a banana.
sipping gatorade throughout morning.
blueberry muffin at DFMC table.
2/3 of a large bottle of applesauce 2 hrs. before race.
Event warmup:

light stretching-lunge, calf stretch, knee raises, butt kicks, gate swings.
Run
  • 3h 41m 9s
  • 26.2 miles
  • 08m 26s  min/mile
Comments:

16-minute marathon PR! Quads were shot after Heartbreak Hill. Did a good job of gutting out the last 6 miles, but cadence dropped a bit and pace slowed considerably.
What would you do differently?:

Not hammer the hills so hard.
Post race
Warm down:

long walk through finisher's area, long walk trying to find Leeann in the confusion, long walk back to Back Bay.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Ran out of gas in my legs after the hills. Quads were stiff and hurting.

Event comments:

Event tainted by bombings. I keep waiting to hear that the perpetrator has been caught. Still proud of my effort and my fundraising for Dana Farber.




Last updated: 2013-04-16 12:00 AM
Running
03:41:09 | 26.2 miles | 08m 26s  min/mile
Age Group: 1436/2051
Overall: 11600/23336
Performance: Good
Mile time, HR, Cadence 1: 8:01 (141, 88) 2: 7:53 (174, 89) 3: 7:55 (170, 90) 4) 7:54 (172, 90) 5) 8:27 (161, 90) 6) 8:04 (169, 90) 7) 8:09 (166, 90) 8) 8:08 (173, 90) 9) 8:09 (170, 90) 10) 8:01 (173, 90) 11) 7:58 (172, 90) 12) 8:00 (169, 90) 13) 8:04 (172, 90) 14) 8:05 (173, 90) 15) 8:19 (169, 90) 16) 7:54 (160, 90) 17) 8:08 (172, 91) 18) 8:26 (156, 90) 19) 8:44 (128, 89) First of Newton Hills 20) 8:45 (163, 90) 21) 8:49 (156, 89) Heartbreak Hill, quads now shot 22) 8:17 (164, 88) 23) 8:56 (158, 88) 24) 9:03 (154, 88) 25) 9:00 (132, 88) 26) 9:35 (121, 87) 27) 4:16 (.46mi) (84, 87) (9:11 pace)
Course: Mostly downhill with 4 hills after mile 20.
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