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Comments: I didn't know what I was going to do with this. I had intended to race a half marathon in Moab on Saturday, but couldn't get the time off of work. Luckily I had a free entry to the Denver Marathon so I decided to do it. My friend Rachel was running the half and I agreed to pace her to 1:25 and she nailed it taking 2nd place female! I had told myself that if I wasn't feeling it, to just do the half, but at mile 12 I decided to take it to mile 20. I was running well into mile 14 and at about this time, my training buddy and Hood to Coast team-mate, Ted caught me. He was looking strong and I decided not to try to hang with him. Another Hood to Coast team-mate was waiting for Ted to pace him and they opened up a 600 meter lead on me quickly. I kept going. We turned south off of 7th and headed to Washington Park. This was a familiar stretch (one that I have done thousands of times when I lived in Denver) and just tried to maintain my pace and keep Ted and Justin in my sights. At Wash park I could sense that Ted's lead was shrinking. At mile 20 I knew I would catch him. I passed him and I guess Ted gave Justin the axe, cuz Justin began running with me. I was able to keep my pace steady through 22, but slipped into the low 7s at 23 and hit 7:40 by 26. I was spent. I did manage to beat Ted... He beat me last year at CIM so that was cool and I know that he did train well for this race. Unfortunately, I slipped from first to 3rd in my age group in the last 2 miles. I just didn't have the legs to hold on. What would you do differently?: Train better  Post race
Warm down: Beer tent. 1.5 beers is all I could do. I felt horrible. The drive home was hell. I had to stop on the side of I-70 3 or 4 times to nap and I nearly rear ended a semi. I was a mess. What limited your ability to perform faster: Lack of quality training, the hills, the altitude, the warm weather. Event comments: Best organization of any Denver Marathon that I have ever run. I did run one in 92 or 93 (4:20:00) on a whim back in my fat days... In 2003 Lilia and I ran this race. It was for all intents and purposes our first marathon and the start of my racing and now Ironman training. I ran that race in 3:31 or so... Now all of these years later, I have become a better runner and this race sort of brings it all full circle. Next up... Ironman Arizona. God help me. Last updated: 2008-10-20 12:00 AM
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Overall Rank = 27/1719
Age Group = 40-44
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Worked late at the bar... left a few hours early and did manage 2.5 hours of sleep. Woke up at 3, showered and grabbed my gear and drove to Denver. Arrived early enough to get my race number and loosen up just a bit. Found Rachel who I agreed to pace for the first 12 miles of the race (she was racing the half marathon).
I have not been training for a marathon. Normally when I run a mary, my miles are 70 plus per week and I try to get in at least 6 20 milers in. I had 1 20 miler for this race and maxed out at about 60 miles running.