Philadelphia Marathon - Run


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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
United States
Philadelphia Marathon
50F / 10C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 3h 55m 10s
Overall Rank = 3631/10890
Age Group = 50-54
Age Group Rank = 194/523
Pre-race routine:

Up at 4:30am to get the train, Bagel, coffee, not much else
Event warmup:

Did not get any warm up as literally ran from the port a potty into my corral that had started moving
Run
  • 3h 55m 10s
  • 26.2 miles
  • 08m 59s  min/mile
Comments:

Was on the exact pace I wanted through 22 miles, had run the half here last year at a faster pace but slowed for the full, in mile 22 got hit with severe calf cramps and just had to walk/run the last four miles. Really painful and took me off the BQ pace that I had through 22 miles, could not get back on track
What would you do differently?:

Its either more long run training or better nutrition or both, felt great until getting the calf cramps, had done 20 mile training runs without issue but this was the first full and the problems came at mile 22.
Post race
Event comments:

This is a great big city race with tremendous crowds. A really fair course, not too many hills. The people are really encouraging - the city does a great job for this race,




Last updated: 2013-11-17 12:00 AM
Running
03:55:10 | 26.2 miles | 08m 59s  min/mile
Age Group: 194/523
Overall: 3631/10890
Performance: Below average
1 8:12.1 1.00 8:12 2 7:57.6 1.00 7:58 3 7:52.3 1.00 7:52 4 7:51.5 1.00 7:51 5 8:01.4 1.00 8:01 6 8:04.0 1.00 8:04 7 7:41.1 1.00 7:41 8 7:54.4 1.00 7:54 9 7:50.7 1.00 7:51 10 8:03.5 1.00 8:03 11 8:10.2 1.00 8:10 12 8:01.7 1.00 8:02 13 7:59.2 1.00 7:59 14 8:02.9 1.00 8:03 15 8:00.8 1.00 8:01 16 8:00.3 1.00 8:00 17 7:59.2 1.00 7:59 18 9:08.0 1.00 9:08 19 8:22.6 1.00 8:23 20 8:56.3 1.00 8:56 21 9:10.8 1.00 9:11 22 9:32.0 1.00 9:32 23 11:48.9 1.00 11:49 24 12:13.3 1.00 12:13 25 12:50.8 1.00 12:51 26 14:21.7 1.00 14:22 27 3:28.5 0.33 10:41
Course: Great course - down the Parkway to the river, up through Chestnut Street, University City, around the Art Museum and then rolling hills to Manyunk and back
Keeping cool Average Drinking Not enough
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall:
Mental exertion [1-5]
Physical exertion [1-5]
Good race? No
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Average
Race evaluation [1-5] 5