San Antonio Marathon - RunMarathon

I had a good run, but I should have gone just a little faster at the beginning. My pace girl wasn't very good and I was essentially pacing her. I kept saying that we were about a minute or so behind, but it didn't really hit her until mile 20 when she decided we should shave off 30sec/mile to make the goal. The whole point of running with her was to have someone run even splits and help me push through. At 20 I tried to keep up with the new pace, but I was too tired and couldn't hold it. It caused me to be a little nauseous and I ended up walking around 23 when I had not walked at all before that. My goal was 5:00 and it just slipped away. I ran hard and think I gave it about all I had, so I was ok with just getting a 2 second PR, but still disappointed I hadn't run my own race and gotten the 5 hr goal.

In that case I should have paced myself like I know how and ran my own race. I also would not have agreed to carry the stupid sign for what ended up being over two miles while the pacer stopped to go to the bathroom. In the wind it was just not a good idea. I also wish I'd had time to eat something before the race.

Wandered through the food area, found J, and sat on the pavement resting and eating some food while we waited for the ridiculous bus lines to clear.


Mostly bad pace management early.


This was an inaugural race and honestly after this experience I am not sure I'd do another inaugural race in the future. The race itself was decent, there was adequate drinks when I went through all the stations, but the "preferred parking" option was a DISASTER. We've done quite a few of these elite races and left more time than usual for the bus and we still missed the start by at least half an hour, and there were many people in line behind us, who I am sure were very very late to start. I'd give the race a couple of years to work out the kinks and issues before I'd do it again.