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Champaign, Illinois
United States
40F / 4C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 2h 57m 31s
Overall Rank = 34/
Age Group = 25-29
Age Group Rank = 7/
Run
  • 2h 57m 31s
  • 26.2 miles
  • 06m 47s  min/mile
Comments:

Severe achilles cramping at mile 20, 20 Mile marker hit in 2:10:59, terrible last 10k
What would you do differently?:

Another poor job of pacing, ran first half in 1:24:16, just too fast.
Post race
Event comments:

Excellent first year race.

1. Water bottles at water stop? Terrible, please be more aware of green efforts.
2. Finishing area completely blocked for spectators on one side of stands.




Last updated: 2009-04-09 12:00 AM
Running
02:57:31 | 26.2 miles | 06m 47s  min/mile
Age Group: 7/
Overall: 34/
Performance: Average
Course: Inaugural Illinois Marathon Route
Keeping cool Good Drinking Not enough
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall:
Mental exertion [1-5]
Physical exertion [1-5]
Good race?
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? No
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Average
Race evaluation [1-5] 4

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2009-04-12 5:15 PM

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Subject: Illinois Marathon

2009-04-13 12:31 PM
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Wow, fast pace! Congrats, despite having a bad last 10k (I can relate )

I agree- the water bottles were a bit much!

Great job!
2009-04-13 12:39 PM
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I thought that same thing!

Nice job!
2009-04-13 12:58 PM
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Davenport, IA
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Holy fast Marathon!  That's impressive!
2009-04-13 4:56 PM
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Your time may not have been just what you wanted, but you still had a great race!

The water bottles were bit much. At the first aid station that had them I said, "Whole water bottles?!" and a kid that looked to be about 12 said so authoritatively, "Yeah. If you can drink it all just throw it down and you can grab another one." HA! That said, the volunteers were great at this race and congrats again on a strong race despite some challenges.
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