Ocean Drive Marathon - Run


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Cape May, New Jersey
United States
Ocean Drive Run Club
27F / -3C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 4h 01m 3s
Overall Rank = 150/381
Age Group = 50-59
Age Group Rank = 21/58
Pre-race routine:

Took the shuttle bus from North Wildwood to Cape May for the start
Event warmup:

None really, stretched inside Congress Hall hotel
Run
  • 4h 01m 3s
  • 26.2 miles
  • 09m 12s  min/mile
Comments:

Tried to take it easy and manage the race. Started out with 8:15 miles through about 15 mies and then went to 8:30 per mile but eventually after mile 20 started to lose time and slowed to 9:30 per mile. Never felt totally stressed and considering no runs over 17 miles in training because of injury setback in January felt pretty good above mile 20.
What would you do differently?:

Need to find the correct pace - probably could have went a little harder in the beginning, gave up more than 10minutes in the first 20 miles to my last marathon
Post race
Warm down:

Felt pretty good after race and way better than last marathon

Event comments:

Very small crowd probably because it was 27 degrees at he start with 15 mph winds, times were well-off from previous year, enjoyed the race but should have went out harder and pushed more to get below 3:50:00 which was the goal.




Last updated: 2015-03-31 12:00 AM
Running
04:01:03 | 26.2 miles | 09m 12s  min/mile
Age Group: 21/58
Overall: 150/381
Performance: Average
Course: Point to point course along the shore through several towns, mostly road, partly on the boardwalk
Keeping cool Good Drinking
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall:
Mental exertion [1-5]
Physical exertion [1-5]
Good race?
Evaluation
Course challenge
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities:
Race evaluation [1-5] 4