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Comments: I started off at a slower pace than I wanted, mostly because of the amount of people in a limited road area. After a while I fell into pace with the 4:00 pace group, but lost them just before the halfway point. My stomach got a little upset around mile 15, so I had to slow down a little. I did end up walking sporadically during the last 8 miles or so, but I don't think I could've finished much faster than I did. I put everything I had into that race! What would you do differently?: I NEED to get my nutrition down better. My stomach gets upset when I eat and run, so I have to figure out what food will keep it settled the most. Post race
Warm down: Stretched, drank Gatorade and water, and waited for other people to finish! What limited your ability to perform faster: Stomach and back pain were limiting factors, but thank goodness I only ended up with 2 really big blisters this time. I stopped and stretched my back and legs a lot, so that probably made me a lot slower. Event comments: What an experience! I loved it!! There were so many cool things to see in New Orleans, and what better way than by running past them? :-) There were so many encouraging spectators on the course that it took my mind away from the pain in my legs. All in all, it was a great first marathon! Last updated: 2006-11-26 12:00 AM
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Overall Rank = 142/369
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Age Group Rank = 0/
Rank is among women, since that's how the results were posted. They didn't post by age group, so I don't know how I did there.
I had some trouble sleeping the night before, but the night before that was ok so I think I was rested enough. I got up at 0530, had some coffee to get my bowels moving (TMI, huh?), then I had a bunch of water, a cinnamon raisin english muffin, and a South Beach protein granola bar. We showed up at the race start about 1/2 hour before the scheduled start and waited around to start
Walked to the starting line from the hotel.