Long Beach Marathon - Run


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Long Beach, California
United States
RUN Racing
60F / 16C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 3h 10m 14s
Overall Rank = 55/2945
Age Group = 45-49
Age Group Rank = 4/229
Pre-race routine:

Drive to Long Beach; park at Wardlow Station and take the Blue Line to Downtown.
Event warmup:

Ran 4 miles back along the course up shoreline and then stashed my drop bag.
Run
  • 3h 10m 14s
  • 26.2 miles
  • 07m 16s  min/mile
Comments:

This was a Tuneup Race and the plan was to run the first 18 miles at the upper end of my aerobic pace and then drop the hammer for the last 8.2 miles.

1-18: 2:13:00, Avg HR 150 (82%
18-26.2: 57:14, Avg HR 164 (91%)

What would you do differently?:

Nothing. This was a Personal Best Time for me :)

I beat my 2012 time by 11m 3s.

I qualified for Boston 2015 by 14m 48s. Keeping the BQ Streak alive. (Qualified every year since 2008)

This was NOT a goal race. It was a tune up at the beginning of marathon season to set my paces for Winter Marathon Season. (Carlsbad, Boston and Orange County in 2014)
Post race
Warm down:

Get my drop bag, drink my flat cola, check the result and walk back to the train station. Got to hang out in the VIP area for a while and warm up a bit.

Event comments:

This is my 7th time doing LBM and my overall opinion continues to improve. It is a nice course with great scenery and good organization. The fire boat at mile 4 is the best.

Just be ready for lots of running on concrete.




Last updated: 2013-10-16 12:00 AM
Running
03:10:14 | 26.2 miles | 07m 16s  min/mile
Age Group: 4/229
Overall: 55/2945
Performance: Good
1st Half: 1:36:58 2nd Half: 1:33:16
Course: Flat Run around Long Beach Harbor, Belmont Shores and Long Beach State and back to Shoreline.
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %0
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 5
Physical exertion [1-5] 5
Good race? Yes
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? No
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Good
Race evaluation [1-5] 4