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Comments: Tyler and I ran very comfortably the first 11 miles (additionally, we ran in minimal shoes) I only had one heal strike the entire race and Tyler mentioned he only had a few. We were concerned that we went out too fast but I'm glad we trusted our RPE and stayed the pace. What would you do differently?: Pack my own nutrition or make damn sure its gonna be out on the course.  Post race
Warm down: Walked a few minutes and stretched the calves and Achilles which (after running in minimal shoes) makes the next day more tolerable. Headed for wonderful post race snack department and consumed 3 bananas, 3 granola bars and a bagel. Had a couple conversations with some friends and headed home. What limited your ability to perform faster: I only have been logging about 20 miles per week so although I had somewhat of a base I believe I would need to increase it to push harder at this distance. Additionally, I have not done any interval work in decades so I wasn't really sure of my limitations. Based on my results today, I have probably been training too easy. Event comments: For me this race was epic. I had been on the couch for over two decades, smoked 12 years and never raced this distance. Two years ago I quit smoking, started biking, then last year started triathlon. I have dropped over 30 pounds, and have my first HIM in 3 months. BUT the best part of my whole race was running beside my 16 year old son every step of the way. He gave a monumental effort to finish with me and put 7 seconds on me in the last 100 yards. He had never ran a road race and his longest training run was 8 miles. Tyler placed 3rd in his age group and I placed 3rd in mine. We were both in disbelief when we found that out. I am grateful I have become a better example to him and very proud of my son! Profile Album Last updated: 2010-02-03 12:00 AM
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 2010-04-11 7:06 PM |
Veteran  163   Newburgh, Indiana |  Subject: Southern Indiana Classic Marathon and Half Marathon |
| 2010-04-13 8:16 AM in reply to: #2783941 |
Master 1736  Midcoast Maine | Subject: RE: Southern Indiana Classic Marathon and Half Marathon Awesome! I love it when my kids are interested in the same stuff as me. My youngest is 7yo and has decided she wants to "run a marathon" - which we are doing a mile at a time. I hope she will accompany me on a road race in the future. What a great story and a great example you are setting for your family. Congratulations! |
| 2010-04-13 8:33 AM in reply to: #2783941 |
Champion 5312 Calgary | Subject: RE: Southern Indiana Classic Marathon and Half Marathon That is awesome, thanks for sharing. Good luck at your HIM. |
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Age Group = 45-49
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Woke up at 4:30 am to get a couple cups of coffee in me bright and early. I was still a little full from the snacks the eve before so I didn't eat anything before the race with the exception of a Clif Bar I split with Tyler on the 45 minute drive to the race site.
Tyler and I arrived at the 4h Fairgrounds about 20 minutes prior to the race which was scheduled to start at 7am. We spent about 10 minutes prepping our bib numbers and D-tags and paid a quick visit to the porta pottie row and walked to the starting line. We slipped into the starting chute about 20 feet back from the front of the group. Our goal was not to have to stand around too much before the race and we managed to accomplish that only having to wait about 5 minutes at the starting line. Warm up over and we're off!