Philadelphia Marathon - RunMarathon


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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
United States
Philadelphia Marathon
42F / 6C
Overcast
 		Total Time = 4h 43m 58s
Overall Rank = /
Age Group =
Age Group Rank = 0/
Pre-race routine:

Bagel and coffee from Dunkin' Donuts at 5:00am in the hopes that I could evacuate my bowels before the race.
Event warmup:

Walk 1.5 miles to the start line from hotel. A bit of stretching. Wait in line for bathroom.
Run
  • 4h 43m 58s
  • 26.2 miles
  • 10m 50s  min/mile
Comments:

My brother and I started slow - 11:00mpm for the first few miles. Bo was worried that if we kept that pace up, his endurance may be a bit limited. We stepped it up to ~10.5mpm which was just fine for me, and we were able to hold that for nearly the duration of the run, save for a few miles where we walked through water stops or pulled over to pee or poo.

Had a bit of a quad cramp somewhere in mile 25 or so and I stopped to walk it out a little. The finish was uphill which kind of sucked, but the finish area was lined with folks on both sides which was definitely inspiring.
What would you do differently?:

Nothing. It was a good run.
Post race
Warm down:

Walk around, eat some grub. I dug the chicken broth and soft pretzels at the end.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Lack of speed.

Event comments:

PHENOMENAL volunteers. Plenty of them and they were great. Lots of drink stations. A COMPLETELY different experience from my first Marathon which had only 263 finishers. It was a lot of fun to run a marathon with thousands of other people.




Last updated: 2007-11-20 12:00 AM
Running
04:43:58 | 26.2 miles | 10m 50s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/
Overall: 0/
Performance: Good
11:13, 10:57, 11:06, 11:02, 10:36, 10:29, 10:30, 10:20, 10:16, 10:57, 10:39, 10:29, 10:31, 10:26, 10:49, 10:46, 10:38, 10:48, 10:30, 10:53, 10:44, 11:19, 10:43, 10:58, 11:10, 12:31, 2:24
Course: Good course - start at the Art Museum, run through historic downtown Philadelphia for the first bit, through UPenn and Drexel, along the Schuylkill, up to Mannayunk (with its' Main Street Hills) finish at the Art Museum (ala Rocky, but not up the stairs, thankfully).
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 4
Physical exertion [1-5] 4
Good race? Yes
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time?
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Average
Race evaluation [1-5] 4