Philadelphia Marathon - RunMarathon


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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
United States
Philadelphia Marathon
42F / 6C
Precipitation
 		Total Time = 4h 09m
Overall Rank = 3635/6677
Age Group = M30-34
Age Group Rank = 389/583
Pre-race routine:

i ate half a bagel with pb and dierdre gave mike, karen, k, and i a ride down to the start where we met my mom, sister, tim, and laura.
waited in long bathroom lines, wished good luck to everyone and barely made it to the start in time with tim.

no national anthem. very strange
Event warmup:

weaving through everyone to move up to our pace area.
Run
  • 4h 09m
  • 26.2 miles
  • 09m 30s  min/mile
Comments:

i was supposed to help pace tim to a pr, but after getting sick with a fever from wednesday through friday and still having a cough, i wasn't sure what would happen. i decided to try and run.

i started with tim and we were a little behind our goal pace, but pretty much on track. after 4-5 miles i could tell i was working much harder than i should be. my legs felt awesome, but my lungs were tight and i was pushing too hard. i made it to mile 8 and realized i wasn't going to make it the whole way and i was probably costing us 5-10seconds/mile already, so i should just ease up. i wished tim luck and cut way back. it was like a scene from vertigo with all the people we just worked hard to get ahead of slowly passing me.

i started walking any hills at mile 10 and was debating quitting when i got to the half-way point. i didn't see any of my family/friends when i got there though, so i decided i wasn't getting much worse and i could make it.

the next 10 miles were rough and a mix of run and walk. walking didn't feel any better than running, but i couldn't run more than a mile without stopping. finally i started to get back near town and knew i would make it. it got pretty windy and i started jumping onto people who were running and basically drafting off them. i used one guy and a few women to pull me all the way back to the finish line and even pulled out sub-9:00 pace for 25+.

overall it hurt a lot and i'm glad i'm done, but i'm happy that i was able to run it.


What would you do differently?:

not get sick.
Post race
Warm down:

gathered everyone and went straight to the cars.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

being sick.

Event comments:

great race. great course. good support. good finish line and post race activities. just get to the bathrooms early.





Last updated: 2007-09-13 12:00 AM
Running
04:09:00 | 26.2 miles | 09m 30s  min/mile
Age Group: 389/583
Overall: 3635/6677
Performance: Average
mile 01 8:27 mile 02 8:27 mile 03 7:52 mile 04 8:03 mile 05 7:54 mile 06 7:43 mile 07 8:03 mile 08 7:58 mile 09 8:27 mile 10 10:44 mile 11 8:29 mile 12 9:44 mile 13 9:17 mile 14 9:34 mile 15 10:55 mile 16 9:20 mile 17 11:31 mile 18 9:16 mile 19 12:51 mile 20 10:24 mile 21 11:44 mile 22 10:44 mile 23 9:20 mile 24 11:49 mile 25 9:34 mile 26 8:49 mile 26.2 1:54
Course: 13.1 loop and then an out and back. mostly flat with a few short climbs
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Average
Mental exertion [1-5] 3
Physical exertion [1-5] 4
Good race? Ok
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? No
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Good
Race evaluation [1-5] 4