Shamrock Sportsfest Marathon - RunMarathon


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Virginia Beach, Virginia
United States
Shamrock Sportsfest
Total Time = 4h 06m 19s
Overall Rank = 1029/2555
Age Group = 30-34
Age Group Rank = 265/982
Pre-race routine:

Woke up, had a pb&j and gatorade with Bocce, my friends' totally crazy italkan greyhound. Drove to the start, chris dropped me off and I jogged to the starting area.
Event warmup:

Jogged to starting area, stretched, used porta-pot 4 times.
Run
  • 4h 06m 19s
  • 26.2 miles
  • 09m 24s  min/mile
Comments:

I had a really awesome time at this race. Going into this race I felt the most well trained and positive about any marathon i'd ever done. During the race, I felt great, my legs were moving well, all thoughts were upbeat and positive. I felt i was well on pace to break 4:00 in a marathon. Then I hit mile 22 and my feet just decided "nope". I slowed a lot. I was particularly bummmed when the 4:00 pace group passed me. I tried to keep up but my feet were screaming. I hung in there and still pr'd...which i'm totally happy about. My goal was to just go with the flow, and hopefully PR..so goal was met. Later on in the day, my friend pointed out that I just ran a faster marathon at age 30 than I did when I was age 22 (4:20)...which i guess is kinda cool. Tho I don't remember it hurting this much when i was 22.

What would you do differently?:

I wouldn't trust the race website saying that there would be gels at mile 16. I had a gel at 7 and 13..i was planning on grabbing one at mile 16 and having it around mile 18. Mile 16 came and there was nohting there. It was a bummer. When we looped back around to the same spot at mile 23, there were tons of little kids handing out gels...what the hell. So yeah, miles 13 thru 23 = no gels. Not sure if one at mile 18 would've helped or not, or if my feet had just had it at mile 22.
Post race
Warm down:

Tried to walk to the beer tent. Finally gave up and plopped down on the sand and sent my husband in to get beers. Took off shoes, looked at my swollen foot, and laid on the sand for about an hour.

Went back to our friends' house in Norfolk for a sweet pizza feast. Chris had called ahead, and they ordered 3 pizzas with my favorite toppings. We hung out, ate, and watched basketball.

Took us 6 hours to drive home. WTF? it sucked. We stopped at Denny's for dinner. I got fajitas. Don't order fajitas at Denny's.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

My feet deciding that enough was enough.

Event comments:

The race was really fun and well run. I'd come back and do it again. I see now, why, after 30 years and several marathons, this is the only marathon my dad ever gushes about. It was really nice.




Last updated: 2008-11-17 12:00 AM
Running
04:06:19 | 26.2 miles | 09m 24s  min/mile
Age Group: 41/982
Overall: 170/2555
Performance: Good
man, my freakin Garmin died at mile 10..so none of that geeky stuff
Course: Nice and flat. The first Half was fun - logs of craowd support, the second half was kinda boring.
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall:
Mental exertion [1-5] 3
Physical exertion [1-5] 3
Good race? Yes
Evaluation
Course challenge
Organized?
Events on-time?
Lots of volunteers?
Plenty of drinks?
Post race activities:
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