Atlantic City Marathon - RunMarathon


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Atlantic City, New Jersey
United States
Atlantic City Marathon Race Series
62F / 17C
Overcast
 		Total Time = 4h 08m 54s
Overall Rank = 273/
Age Group = M40-49
Age Group Rank = 52/
Pre-race routine:

Woke at 4:50am, drank a coffee, had banana on way. Had bottle of gatorade. Did no Race Day Boost loading this time, will save for MCM. Aquaphored everything. Put drops creatine in my gatorade bottle I carried for race, took 1 drop when left car. Took 1 powerbar gel and a few Enduralytes and Anti-Fatigue Caps 20 min before start.
Event warmup:

Hung out in Caesars to keep warm. light stretching.
Run
  • 4h 08m 54s
  • 26.2 miles
  • 09m 30s  min/mile
Comments:

Ran first 11m with Evan. He got a PR and 1st in AG (@:07:23) in the half. Stopped to pee around mile 10, had to catch back up to Evan after. After left Evan, tried like heck to catch 4:00 pace group while in the downwind portion of the course til around M16. Legs were hurting too much from last week's marathon, couldn't do it. Caught Marlo and Loud around M17, just as Marlo pulled off the course and out of the race. Lou was just pacing Marlo, and he paced me for the next couple miles until we got back to where Marlo was. Once back on the Boardwalk, I knew I wasn't gonna beat 4:00 without hurting myself (MCM in 2 weeks!) so I decided to do a lot more walking in the stife 20+mph winds. Garmin died at M24.4. Met Evan and Linnea a little before M26, and walk with them a bit, then when 4:10 pace group passed me, I had to run to the finish to at least beat them. Took Enduralytes, Anti Fatigue Caps and gel packs and Alleve throughout the race as usual.
What would you do differently?:

to go faster: don't run fast marathon the week before, load with Race Day Boost, don't pace Evan, turn off the wind.
Post race
What limited your ability to perform faster:

Wind, Marathon week before

Event comments:

WIIINNNNDDDD!




Last updated: 2013-07-03 12:00 AM
Running
04:08:54 | 26.2 miles | 09m 30s  min/mile
Age Group: 52/
Overall: 273/
Performance: Bad
1m=8:49/136 2m=9:08/141 3m=10:24/128 4m=9:33/135 5m=10:20/132 6m=9:28/135 7m=10:25/133 8m=9:48/135 9m=11:14/130 10m=9:26/140 11m=8:52/152 12m=8:20/159 13m=7:47/164 14m=7:47/167 15m=7:54/168 16m=8:15/171 17m=8:43/169 18m=8:47/169 19m=8:47/188 20m=8:11/170 21m=9:15/176 22m=10:15/162 23m=10:48/156 24m=12:07/149 24.39m=10:53pace/153 (Garmin died!)
Course: usual
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 3
Physical exertion [1-5] 1
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] 4