Shamrock Sportsfest Marathon
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Comments: We watched the start of the 1/2 marathon, that was very exciting. They sang the national anthem and then two jets flew over right at the start. We stood on the street with our BT poster as everyone ran by. We hard one person yell BT! We headed over to the marathon start. And that is where Laura(StartingtoTri) found us. Laura and I both had the same race goal so we ran together. The start wasn't as exciting as the 1/2, no songs or planes. My kids gave me a hug and said don't die. My hands were so cold and they hurt, I wasn't expecting it to be so cold. Laura kept track of our times. We had better than 10 min miles for the first few miles, I wasn't out of breath or anything and I felt pretty good. Had to hit the porta potty at 6 because I thought I had to go, didn't really but I didn't have to stop again. Ditched the jacket at mile 6. The clock said 2:04 at mile 12. I tried to have one gel per 1/2 hour, once we started heading in to the wind I forgot and between that and the running into the freezing cold wind I wanted to walk around mile 12/13....but Laura was there and I was thinking there is no way I am walking. She kept me moving. I started back up on my gels and started feeling better. My hat blew off and I had to run back and get it. I remember on the way back when the wind was in my back there was a paper cup blowing down the street and passed me. Finally got off the boardwalk and into this road that went through the woods. It was really nice in here, no wind, calm quiet. Laura stopped and wanted me to go on, I really didn't want to leave her, I wanted to make her run with me. I wasn't sure how much to push her since I had just met her a few hours ago. So I kept on going. I am really glad we ran together and she really got me threw the hardest part of the race. I celebrated every mile post. 18, 19, 20. I would yell and put my hands in the air like I was crossing the finish line. After awhile it was hard to walk, because it really hurt to start running again. That is the only thing that kept me running. I only walked a bit at each water station but I wouldn't let myself walk anywhere else. The wind was at our backs from 19 on, that was heaven!!! I was kindof nervous because the longest I had ever gone was 19 miles, besides my quads hurting I felt really good! I found myself shuffling along and passing people one by one. Somewhere around mile 21 or 23 they had Coke. Wow! That stuff is awesome! I really picked it up that mile. At mile 23 it said 4:05, I had wanted to finish around 4:30, so I tried to pick it up but I knew I would be over my time. I didn't stop the last three miles there was no way I was going to walk (it hurt too bad to start running again) We turned left and then right and we were on the board walk and you could see the beer tent. Woohoo!!! I tried to run faster, atleast in my head I was running faster. Then I saw mile marker 26, I smacked it with my hand and then tried to sprint the last .2 miles. I did go faster and then I thought I was going to be sick. Woohooo I did a marathon! What would you do differently?: I think I could have pushed myself a little harder after I got out of the wind. I wasn't sure what I would feel like after 20, so I was a little tentative. Post race
Warm down: I was a little disappointed at the end, the friend I went down with was in a hurry to leave. It hadn't even been finished for 5 min. and she said let's start walking to the truck. I wanted some food from the tent. So we atleast got to walk through the tent. I would have liked to walk around for a bit. Oh well. We walked about a mile or so to the hotel...my feet were tired. Last updated: 2005-12-18 12:00 AM
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Shamrock Sportsfest
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Age Group = 40-45
Age Group Rank = 55/
Woke up at 6, ate 1/2 a cliff bar and drank a little Gatorade.
None. Stretched a lot.