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Comments: I felt great for the first 12 miles or so - did not feel like I was working at all. Mile 13 started the longer, hillier stuff so intentionally slowed a bit. Since i was through 13.1 in 1:30, I felt I had a decent amount of time in the bank where I could afford to take it easy on the hills and conserve. Mentally, I was focused on just running strong to 18.5 where I would meet with Matt and be out of the forest. Turned out, there were many hilly miles after that! That was mentally tough. Nutrition: ate a gel at mile 6 (carboom, fruit), 12 (carboom fruit), 18(gu- berry Caf), 23 (gu vanilla, caf, about 2/3 unit) with water. Did not have any water until ~mile 6 since it was a cool day. Beginning at mile 12, I had water at ever aid station. Stomach felt solid. At mile ~14 I picked up course gels - all caffeinated. After half, water was given in plastic cups that could not be folded. Felt like I did not get enough in What would you do differently?: Pacing and race effort: I think I ran about as well as I could have today. Felt conservative, but quick, through 13 and ran pretty solid and tough the rest of the way. In hindsight, I probably could have pushed it a bit more on later flat sections, but I was not sure what awaited ahead at the time. I should have drive the course or (more ideally) ran the back half. Nutrition: nothing Hydration: if plastic cups are present, just shot gun the stuff, don't worry about spilling Dress: nothing  Post race
Warm down: Walked around the finish to find food. Nothing. Bananas were too green to eat. Had a 1/4 orange and water. Should of had a bagel, but they looked too sweet - I wanted salty. Did not want to eat pizza. Forgot to bring recovery drink. Used toilet, but stomach felt OK. Got back to car with Jessi, Molly, Matt. Took matt to car, then off to tylers for french dip. use the bathroom once there. After food, felt fine. Stomach a little off at home, but not bad. Had some imod and took a nap - felt fine. What limited your ability to perform faster: Training. In hindsight, if I want to run a fast marathon, I need to run longer in training. To go from 20 miles to 26.2 is over 30% increase. Should do 20, 22, 24. Felt like muscle fatigue was a limiter, so really should focus on weights for the off season Event comments: Needs better recovery food. Green bananas, oranges, sweet bages, pizza, and water were it. Water at aid stations should be in paper cups to fold for easy drinking. Good local race. Loved the free gloves they gave out Last updated: 2008-09-08 12:00 AM
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City of Oaks Marathon and Half Marathon, LLC
43F / 6C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 33/751
Age Group = M30-34
Age Group Rank = 8/74
Did not drink after Monday.
Thursday: A little sore from ride on Wednesday. Swam, stretched, felt better. Also switched over to low-fat diet to conserve calories. Felt pudgy from Asheville
Friday: Ran with running club easy. Stayed in at night, did homework. Had whole grain pasta with chicken. Ate too much and couldn't sleep well.
Sat: No workouts, packet pickup. Oatmeal with nuts for breakfast. Team meeting at 9am. Chipotle chicken with black beens, no dairy, mild salsa. Dinner was smashed red potatoes (about 3 small) potatoes with grilled chicken (1 breast). Washed down with apple/mango/passion juice. Snacked on dried fruit with a few nuts. had some soy milk. Did not sleep very well - noisy partiers outside (called security).
Sun: up at 4:30. Ate chocolate power bar with green tea. Left to pick up katie miller at 5a. Got to the race venue at 6:40 - way too early. Should have left about 5:20.
After staying in warm car until about 6:15 or so, walked over to use toilet. Back in car for a few. Did 4x50m strides. Felt light. Had a non-cafeinated carboom about 15 minutes before start with water. Wore a triathlon jersey (team ironman) with black target shorts and white reflective hat. Took two non-caf carbooms in jersey. Wore Adidas adizero's with wright double layer socks. No HRM, just ironman watch. Wore throw-away gloves from race packet.