Philadelphia Marathon - Run

Followed my pacing plan pretty closely, maybe a bit faster at the beginning, and slower at the end. Hung on to the 3:05 pace group until about mile 15-17, then fell off a bit when I started tightening up a bit. Then I sort of lost focus during mile 18. I was keeping up the same level of exertion as before, but just running slower, so I lost about 30 seconds there. Once I noticed my pace had dropped off, I picked it back up until mile 22. I had a small hamstring cramp. I felt it coming on and was hoping it would work itself out, but it didn't. I had to slow down more to keep it at bay. Once I got to mile 24/25, I knew I was close enough to bring it home. I brought the pace up a bit, and finished pretty strong. I was a little overheated near the end as the temperature got up into the low 60s, but I can't complain about the weather. It was cool enough for most of the run, and there was pretty much no wind.

1 7:05.1 1.00 7:05
2 6:50.1 1.00 6:50
3 6:48.3 1.00 6:48
4 7:02.6 1.00 7:03
5 6:58.4 1.00 6:58
6 6:50.9 1.00 6:51
7 6:58.0 1.00 6:58
8 7:03.3 1.00 7:03
9 6:55.7 1.00 6:56
10 7:12.4 1.00 7:12
11 7:06.2 1.00 7:06
12 6:59.6 1.00 7:00
13 7:07.3 1.00 7:07
14 7:02.5 1.00 7:02
15 7:00.5 1.00 7:01
16 7:04.2 1.00 7:04
17 7:05.4 1.00 7:05
18 7:36.7 1.00 7:37
19 7:17.9 1.00 7:18
20 7:17.1 1.00 7:17
21 7:14.5 1.00 7:14
22 7:28.8 1.00 7:29
23 7:29.2 1.00 7:29
24 7:30.4 1.00 7:30
25 7:24.9 1.00 7:25
26 7:22.6 1.00 7:23
27 1:50.1 0.28 6:33

For the race, nothing really. I followed my plan, drank and ate what I could keep down.

Hobbled through the chute, then to my car.


Tightness starting at about mile 17, hamstring at about mile 22. Some more tempo work and perhaps a bit more volume should help with the tightness, and maybe some weight training for the hamstrings.


Well supported, a bit desolate for parts of the second half of the course, but overall a good race.