Mad City Marathon - RunMarathon

Well, I am a little disappointed.. to not have beaten my 1st marathon back in 2003, but then that was Grandmas , I trained better, the course was harder this time...and I am four years older. I also didn't consider this a A run.. but nonetheless I did have this goal of 4:30 or better.. so doing the 13" miles was a bit disconcerting.
I began the race with high hopes of keeping a steady 10" mile... but almost immediately (at mile 1) I had to use the BR.. and I had to wait almost 2 minutes for it (as several individuals had to use the 1 .. yes 1 bathroom at mile 1).. so I about 3-4 minutes later I hit the road again... I pushed myself up to sub 9"s attempting to catch up to the 4:30 cround (pace group) and found myself with them at mile 3-4ish. Talked with the pacer holder the sign (an older woman). They were going a bit faster then a 10" mile.. I continued just slightly ahead of them until mile 11ish. Keep my pace going until around mile 15, when I had to use the BR again... this time I was in and out in prolly 1-2 minutes.(6 BRs this time)... I stopped drinking for 4 miles this time... as I was obviously too hydrated. I ate gu's every 45-1' ... and washed down gatorade+water at the water stops. Water stops were setup every 2 miles and after mile 15 I drank every other stop. After starting back up again after BR break 2 ... I slowed down to 11ish miles.. I had pretty good time and thought I could still hit the 4:30... I kept doing the math in my head and checking my Garmin 305 for pace... I kept slowling down each mile though... and after mile 20.. a pinacle point for me.. I was down to 12s. I stopped at the water stops each time now.. my legs were aching something fierce... when I stopped it was like limping.. I was just wasted.. even though my HR was low and my heart in general felt fine.. no uppper body aches or breathing issues.. my pathetic legs just couldn't hold up to the pounding... or my mind caved at the pain signals. whichever.. I obviously need to continue to stregthen my legs.. my weights will help this next year or I will never get faster... I sprinted the last .2 miles into the finish line... and thanked God for giving my the stregth to finsih my 2nd marathon...

Put my training back a few more months and work up to 55-60 a week at a peak point. Take 40-45 a week for a full month. Do my weight training earlier in the season on leg lifts, squats, leg press, etc. It was tough with biking and swimming to combine the weights... I have had this problem of managing these disciplines consistently now since I begin this journey.

Well.. lets see.. I ddin't just collapse.. so that was good.. THe athletic village really sucked.. I only got one bottle of water.. I asked for another one and the guy (with 100s stacked up ) wouldn't give me another one.. I wanted to just beat the crap out em... holy crap.. I was like pretty close to last even.. so what gives.. The finish area was terrible.. worse thing I have witnessed. I walked over under a tree and Ean took pictures of my sorry ass as I lay in the shaded and rested for a few minutes.


Terrible post race activities.. A huge LARGEST BEER and BRAT festival was next store though... with beer, brats, and fair rides.. They said they were going to sell over 200,000 brats over the weekend. Ean and Sheryl has some before I showedu p.. but brats after 26.2 miles just didn't sound too good ... I showered at the expo-building and we stopped at SUbway on our way out of town. 5 hours later I got home and crashed into my bed and slept a few hours before getting up and eating dinner...


Moving Time (h:m:s) 4:49:34 10:55 pace
Distance (mi ) 26.51
Moving Speed (mph) 5.5 avg. 13.1 max.
Elevation Gain (ft) +5,471 / -5,571

Avg. Heart Rate 138 bpm

The steady decline ... omg..
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(#) Time
(m:s) Distance
(mi ) M Spd
(mph) HR
(bpm) Energy
(Cal)
Avg Max
1 9:21 1.00 10.1 123 136 151
2 9:17 1.00 8.9 130 149 158
3 8:56 1.00 7.6 144 148 153
4 9:24 1.00 7.2 143 148 154
5 9:57 1.00 7.4 138 148 152
6 9:55 1.00 6.7 139 147 155
7 10:17 1.00 7.4 139 146 157
8 9:59 1.00 6.5 134 140 155
9 9:59 1.00 6.7 136 140 156
10 9:58 1.00 6.9 140 145 155
11 10:15 1.00 6.9 139 149 155
12 10:28 1.00 7.6 139 147 158
13 10:34 1.00 6.5 139 143 157
14 10:36 1.00 6.3 142 145 158
15 10:52 1.00 6.3 139 148 155
16 11:06 1.00 7.8 144 148 157
17 11:23 1.00 6.5 143 147 153
18 11:34 1.00 6.3 143 148 156
19 12:27 1.00 6.3 142 149 135
20 12:27 1.00 5.8 140 152 139
21 12:20 1.00 7.2 140 144 141
22 13:15 1.00 5.8 136 144 133
23 12:24 1.00 6.3 141 146 132
24 12:45 1.00 6.9 137 148 139
25 13:45 1.00 8.7 132 148 131
26 13:39 1.00 5.8 131 142 123
27 2:42 0.25 7.6 143 152 3

omg.. the hills really sucked... so many of them little bastards too...rolling hills...
Elevation Change Total (ft)
Total Elevation 11,042
Elevation Gain 5,471
Elevation Loss 5,571
Net Elevation Change -99

Vertical Speed Average ( ft/min) Maximum (ft/min)
Ascent 18.9 497.8
Descent -19.2 -603.7

Grade Average (%) Maximum (%)
Overall Grade 0.3 --
Ascent Grade 10.7 53.7
Descent Grade -7.0 -36.0
Relevant Data
Start Elevation (ft): 953
Finish Elevation (ft): 854
Min. Elevation (ft): 682
Max. Elevation (ft): 999