N.C.R. Trail Marathon - RunMarathon


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Sparks, Maryland
United States
Baltimore Road Runners Club
48F / 9C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 3h 23m 37s
Overall Rank = 62/403
Age Group = M35-39
Age Group Rank = 16/50
Pre-race routine:

Up at 0730. One bowl of oatmeal cereal and a bottle of Ensure.
Event warmup:

Stretch and 3 min easy jog to get my HR into 140s. I purposely did not warm up much to avoid starting out too fast.
Run
  • 3h 23m 37s
  • 26.2 miles
  • 07m 46s  min/mile
Comments:

A PR, but a little disappointed. I felt good and was taking it easy to the midway point. Lost my pack at mile 11 for a pee break. Ran alone from mile 11 to 17. At mile 17 a half marathon runner paced me for a mile, then he left. I could start to feel fatigue set in at 21. I'm actually pretty pleased with my low eight min miles base upon the fatigue I was feeling during miles 21-24. Wheels really came off on the last two uphill miles.
3094 cal.
What would you do differently?:

I feel that losing my running pack so early ultimately hurt me. I ran alone from mile 11-17 and my times started to wander a bit and I think I used more energy than I thought I was. I need to focus my training on my long runs to improve my distance endurance. As I started training for this marathon, I would severely fatigue at 17 miles. During my last long run I was able to hold the fatigue off until 19-20 miles. I didn't feel like the fatigue hit me hard until 21 miles on this marathon. It's an improvement, but not where I want to be.
Post race
Warm down:

Walk. Legs were very uncomfortable. No position was feeling good. Light stretching and a light massage of legs. A little soup, coke, donut and water.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Muscular endurance

Event comments:

Perfect weather. Great support. Fun race.




Last updated: 2007-11-08 12:00 AM
Running
03:23:37 | 26.2 miles | 07m 46s  min/mile
Age Group: 16/50
Overall: 62/403
Performance: Average
1) 6.26 (167/161) 2) 6.41 (167/163) 3) 7.22 (166/162) 4) 7.19 (166/163) 5) 7.19 (164/162) 6) 7.25 (165/159) 7) 7.22 (162/159) 8) 7.31 (163/159) 9) 7.25 (165/161) 10) 7.31 (163/162) 11) 8.07 (165/162) 12) 7.02 (164/161) 13) 7.54 (165/162) 14) 7.31 (167/162) 15) 7.51 (164/162) 16) 6.54 (164/162) 17) 7.38 (164/161) 18) 7.26 (164/161) 19) 7.36 (165/162) 20) 7.56 (163/159) 21) 8.05 (160/158) 22) 8.18 (160/158) 23) 8.16 (158/157) 24) 8.29 (158/156) 25) 9.36 (158/155) 26) 10.26 (159/153) 0.2) 2.05 (158/156)
Course: Trail marathon. Two miles downhill at the start. Mostly flat in the middle. Two miles uphill to finish.
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Average
Mental exertion [1-5] 4
Physical exertion [1-5] 3
Good race? Ok
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Average
Race evaluation [1-5] 3