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Philadelphia Marathon - Run

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
United States
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55F / 13C
Sunny

Total Time = 4h 21m 57s
Overall Rank = 4237/5887
Age Group = 30-34 Male
Age Group Rank = 456/556

Pre-race routine:

Tried the mini bagels from Walmart and I just dipped them into the peanut butter. Made things alot easier. Drank the normal amount of water before the start.

Event warmup:

None - a slighly late arrival at the start forced me to just drop off my bag and begin running. No problems like I expected though.

Run

4h 21m 57s
26.2 miles
09m min/mile

Comments:

Not too sure what I did differently in this race that I haven't done in other races but this was the FIRST marathon that I ran from start to finish without stopping. And after my disaster run at the Marine Corp Marathon 3 weeks ago, I know what I accomplished today should not have been humanly possible!

What would you do differently?:

Nothing . . . except maybe arrive on time.

Post race

Warm down:

Little stretching

What limited your ability to perform faster:

NOTHING!!! I couldn't be happier with this effort!

Event comments:

Not being from Philadelphia, I have ALOT of complaints about the city. But when it comes to putting on races, the city of Philadelphia is second to none. I truly truly enjoy running this race and I haven't been able to find one complaint other than lack of close parking which is kinda beyond the organizer's abilities.

Finished 2952nd out of 3824 males running the race.

Last updated: 2005-11-20 12:00 AM

Running
04:21:57 \| 26.2 miles \| 09m min/mile
Age Group:	456/556
Overall:	4237/5887
Performance:	Good
Course:	A nice tour through Philadephia and the surrounding suburbs.
Keeping cool	Good	Drinking	Just right

Post race
Weight change:	%-2 lb
Overall:	Good
Mental exertion [1-5]	4
Physical exertion [1-5]	3
Good race?	Yes

Evaluation
Course challenge	Just right
Organized?	Yes
Events on-time?	Yes
Lots of volunteers?	Yes
Plenty of drinks?	Yes
Post race activities:	Good
Race evaluation [1-5]	5