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Comments: I started off not feeling great, hoping I would find my groove, at mile 5 I was on pace (hoping for a 5hour finish), but I was working too hard. At mile 8 I really had to fight the urge not to turn left to the half marathon course. I decided to suck it up, but I knew it was going to be a very long morning. At the halfway point I was only I minute behind my pace, but I was strating to struggle. The turn around point on Bayshore Blvd was at 20 miles, I thought I was never going to get there. The last 4 miles on Bayshore were straight into a horrible wind and that was the end of me. I just didn't have anymore to give and I finished the best I could. It was great to have the BT'rs at the finish line handing me a beer!!! What would you do differently?: not sure, have better weather maybe?? The rain didn't really bother me, but the wind sure did, it just wasn't my day out there; despite everything, it was still a PR for me by over 6 minutes  Post race
Warm down: hang out at the finish line and cheer in Max and Renee What limited your ability to perform faster: just an off day for me, my training has been going well, I know I can run a marathon better than this, but I gave it everything I had today; this was the first marathon I've done that I really just wanted to give up, I'm proud that I stuck it out even though I felt terrible Event comments: I had a lot of fun at this race. I especailly had a great time at dinner Friday night and having to meet other BT'rs. It was also nice to see friendly faces on the course. Kudo's to Aaron and Hayley for hanging out in the crappy weather to keep the beer cold for all the half and marathon finishers, and to all the hlaf marathon finishers who waited for all the marathoners to finish. You all rock!!! Last updated: 2005-12-05 12:00 AM
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 2006-02-27 4:29 PM |
Master  1551    Virginia Beach, VA |  Subject: Bank of America Gasparilla Marathon |
| 2006-02-27 4:33 PM in reply to: #355852 |
Champion 8903   | Subject: RE: Bank of America Gasparilla Marathon Yay Sue, way to go! You ran a great race, considering the rain and wind. Perfect conditions and you can be under 5 hours, no sweat! It was fun meeting you and all of the others...fantastic weekend!
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| 2006-02-27 5:46 PM in reply to: #355852 |
Buttercup 14334 | Subject: RE: Bank of America Gasparilla Marathon Sue, I'm so glad I got to say hello at dinner and that we kept seeing you on the course. It's funny how a familiar face during a grueling race can be such a mental boost! Sorry the weather wasn't with you (us) but you persevered and finished. Yay Sue!!!! Edited by Renee 2006-02-27 6:00 PM |
| 2006-02-27 5:59 PM in reply to: #355852 |
Master 1978 Chelmsford, Massachusetts | Subject: RE: Bank of America Gasparilla Marathon Woohoo!!! I'm so glad we got to meet up after the race. We all did awesome, I'm so proud of every single one of us!!! |
 2006-02-27 6:08 PM in reply to: #355852 |
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| 2006-02-27 6:51 PM in reply to: #355852 |
| Master 1480 Plant City, FL | Subject: RE: Bank of America Gasparilla Marathon Awesome race Sue!! Congrats on a PR!! You looked just freaking awesome the entire race!!
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| 2006-02-27 6:53 PM in reply to: #355852 |
| Champion 7704 Williamston, Michigan | Subject: RE: Bank of America Gasparilla Marathon Great Job Sue  great meeting you!! |
| 2006-02-27 7:06 PM in reply to: #355852 |
| Champion 19812 MA | Subject: RE: Bank of America Gasparilla Marathon Congrats on another PB!! You have trained so hard and been so consistent....it pays off. If you felt better and the weather was nicer you'd be sub 5....goal for the next Mary! You showed true determination of will to complete a race when it was a tough day for you! I'm proud of you!! |
| 2006-02-27 10:51 PM in reply to: #355852 |
| Elite 2768 Raleigh | Subject: RE: Bank of America Gasparilla Marathon Great race!!!! |
| 2006-02-28 8:01 AM in reply to: #355852 |
| Master 1254 Chesapeake, VA | Subject: RE: Bank of America Gasparilla Marathon Awesome job Sue in hard conditions!!!! Good for you for going on even though you didn't feel like you 'had it'. Congrats on the PR!
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| 2006-02-28 9:42 AM in reply to: #355852 |
| Champion 5183 Wisconsin | Subject: RE: Bank of America Gasparilla Marathon aw man that wind killed me too at the end, and I only did 15K the day beofre! I can;t imagine what the rain must have done, too. You kicked the course anyway, RAH! |
| 2006-02-28 10:36 AM in reply to: #355852 |
Champion 6627 Rochester Hills, Michigan Gold member | Subject: RE: Bank of America Gasparilla Marathon You go, girl!!! Fanstastic PR, even through the wind and rain. And it was great to meet you finally, even if we didn't get to catch up toooo much!!! See you at the next one!!! |
| 2006-02-28 1:48 PM in reply to: #355852 |
| Elite 3201 South Florida | Subject: RE: Bank of America Gasparilla Marathon Wow - a PR in such bad conditions - that's great! Sorry I didn't get to meet you - I even ran the whole thing with my Red Sox hat attached to my race belt (just in case the rain started to bother me!) I'm trying to figure out how to make myself a Red Sox running shirt for my next race! |
| 2006-03-02 10:45 PM in reply to: #355852 |
| Online or Offline | Subject: RE: Bank of America Gasparilla Marathon Congrats Sue! Now you can change your Personal Best listing for Marathon in your training log And if you are really really interested in bettering that PR to sub 5 soon, there's always Shamrock!
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| 2006-03-03 5:34 PM in reply to: #355852 |
Master 1946 Bronze member | Subject: RE: Bank of America Gasparilla Marathon Nice Job Hanging in there- all the more an accomplishment when you are feeling "less than on"..Looking forward to meeting you as part of Team Bt in the fall...! |
| 2006-03-07 12:51 PM in reply to: #355852 |
| Veteran 157 Colorado Springs | Subject: RE: Bank of America Gasparilla Marathon Congrats on the PR Sue! Sorry to hear that it was an off day for you. That's a bummer. And I agree, that wind the last few miles was brutal!!! |
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not very good sleep that night, woke up at 4:30, oatmeal and coffee, tried to figure out my wardrobe for the rain
walking to the start, up and down the stairs a few times inside the convention center, stretching; none of which really mattered since the start was delayed 1/2 hour, stood at the start chatting with BT people