Outer Banks Marathon - RunMarathon


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Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
United States
Outer Banks Sporting Events
50F / 10C
Sunny
Total Time = 3h 42m 29s
Overall Rank = 126/1112
Age Group = M40-44
Age Group Rank = 18/103
Pre-race routine:

Woke at 5:30. Took 1 Alleve. Aquaphored everything and got dressed. Ate a small banana and drank cup of Gatorade. Wearing Hoka Bondi 2's for the first time in a race, have about 7 miles in them. Got a McDonald's coffee and got on shuttle to the start in the Walmart parking lot. Ate another small banana on the bus. Took 4 Anti-Fatigue capes and an Enduralyte 1 hour before start. Took 1 powerbar gel with caffeine 15 minutes before start. No loading with Race Day Boost and no creatine this time.
Event warmup:

Light stretching.threw away sweater 10 min before start. Developed runner's knee after MCM 2 weeks prior. Wore knee strap on right knee.
Run
  • 3h 42m 29s
  • 26.2 miles
  • 08m 29s  min/mile
Comments:

Real comfortable first 17 miles. runner's knee pain started in both knees at m7, even though I had the strap on my right knee. Around m12 I stopped to tighten the strap, and it gradually got better while the left knee got worse for the rest of the race. Beside the runner's knee, my legs felt relatively good running in Hoka's for the first time. Felt like running on a cloud. Took another Alleve at m5 an m15. Took another gel at m7, m13, and m19. Took another Enduralyte and Anti-Fatigue Cap 3 times during race. Stopped briefly at 2 medical stops to get a squirt of Biofreeze on each patellar tendon. Splashed water on my head each water stop, got gatorade at some too. Finished my whole Gatorade bottle I carried with my by around mile 25.
What would you do differently?:

Not have this be my 5th marathon in 50 days, and 7 days before the Philadelphia marathon!
Post race
Warm down:

light stretching, drank 2 coconut waters they handed out at the finish, with a nice visor too.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Not have this be my 5th marathon in 50 days, and 7 days before the Philadelphia marathon! Runner's knee.

Event comments:

Coukd've used a couple more drink stations the last half.


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Last updated: 2013-07-03 12:00 AM
Running
03:42:29 | 26.2 miles | 08m 29s  min/mile
Age Group: 18/103
Overall: 126/1112
Performance: Good
1m=7:51/179 2m=7:59/149 3m=8:00/149 4m=8:12/150 5m=8:08/153 6m=8:28/151 7m=8:17/155 8m=8:12/152 9m=8:10/154 10m=8:32/154 11m=8:10/157 12m=8:21/158 13m=8:47/160 14m=8:15/154 15m=8:33/152 16m=8:16/156 17m=8:45/155 18m=8:29/159 19m=8:33/158 20m=8:31/159 21m=8:29/166 22m=9:02/165 23m=9:24/159 24m=9:37/158 25m=8:43/160 26m=8:27/162 26.2m=7:16pace/170
Course: Nice north-south course, miles 21-25 are due west into the headwind with a steep .4m bridge at m23. Seemed like 4 miles were offroad trails, half wide vehicular, half single track switchback.
Keeping cool Good 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? No
Post race activities: Good
Race evaluation [1-5] 4