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Comments: I honestly held back at the start, and I still think I was going too fast. I was working VERY easy to hold that pace, very easy breathing, not even sweating for the first 5 miles. I just don't think I had the miles in the legs for this race, as compared to Umstead back in March where I was doing 55 mile weeks. Oddly enough, I could fly on the uphills but would slow down on the flats and downhills. To the angry soccer-mom who was inconvenienced by Ebenezer Church Road being closed; go back to Starbucks in your Cadillac Escalade and have a Grande Mocha, and don't yell at the race volunteer who threw himself in front of you to keep you from running over the marathoners between mile 11 and 15. I wanted to stop my race and go knock the crap out of her! What would you do differently?: More mileage per week, one extra day, and slow down the long runs. Get out there for 3 hours instead of my 2.5. I really needed something in the tank from mile 18 on, and thought I could rally.  Post race
Warm down: Chocolate milk. Pizza. Water. Lay down. Try to get up. Try to walk around. Hit the potty (encouraging note, I didn't have to use the potty during the race!) What limited your ability to perform faster: Long run speed, weekly mileage Event comments: The flow of the finish chute wasn't logical at all, and I couldn't find anything to drink other than water or chocolate milk. I NEEDED Powerade/Gatorade or something like that, and a COKE, but didn't locate those. The post-race meal was pizza or oranges or banana, a far cry from the smorgasbord we're used to in the tri-world! Last updated: 2007-11-26 12:00 AM
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 2008-11-02 1:10 PM |
Expert  1342    Apex, NC |  Subject: Sony Ericsson City of Oaks Marathon |
| 2008-11-02 6:18 PM in reply to: #1781720 |
Extreme Veteran 348 Cary, NC | Subject: RE: Sony Ericsson City of Oaks Marathon Nice race report. With the vivid detail, I almost feel like I was there with you! |
| 2008-11-02 6:24 PM in reply to: #1782055 |
Expert 1342 Apex, NC | Subject: RE: Sony Ericsson City of Oaks Marathon kapinto - 2008-11-02 7:18 PM Nice race report. With the vivid detail, I almost feel like I was there with you!
I'll put something up there tomorrow, when I can walk up and down stairs to get my watch. |
It's coming. I'm in mourning...| 2008-11-03 12:53 PM in reply to: #1781720 |
Master 1240 Knightdale/Raleigh | Subject: RE: Sony Ericsson City of Oaks Marathon Mourning?! You must have very high expectations. That looks like a good time to me and not just because of my low standards. Give yourself some credit, most people do their 1st marathon at the coast where its flat, you did yours on hilly trails and followed that up with this hilly race. You were in the top 10% of the field! Great job! So, doesn't Granfather Mountain have a marathon?  |
| 2008-11-03 1:43 PM in reply to: #1783819 |
Expert 1342 Apex, NC | Subject: RE: Sony Ericsson City of Oaks Marathon Ha! I mourned for about 5 seconds at mile 23 when I did the math and saw it wasn't going to happen...I had this outside chance of a thought that I might be fast enough at this point to make a run at a Boston entry. It's just too soon. I only really began working on my running a little over a year ago, and I just don't have the experience and endurance to eke out a 3:15 yet. I had a carrot out there; if I made it, I would be running Boston with a friend of mine for his 2nd Boston marathon, but it just wasn't there for me. City of Oaks is a great marathon, but I enjoyed Umstead for its beauty, the technicality of the run, its solitude, and the fact that I didn't have to be on the lookout for angry drivers defying course volunteers and law enforcement. Trust me; I'm thrilled to death with the result; I just know I had a faster race in my hands and let it slip away. I still think I'm going to give Shamrock a try. It looks pretty flat. |
| 2008-11-04 6:24 PM in reply to: #1781720 |
Extreme Veteran 348 Cary, NC | Subject: RE: Sony Ericsson City of Oaks Marathon You did great! All season was full of successes for you. I am sure next year will be better, yet. See you around. |
| 2008-11-04 6:31 PM in reply to: #1781720 |
Master 1741 Chapel Hill, NC | Subject: RE: Sony Ericsson City of Oaks Marathon Holding back and you were doing a pace of 7-something?! That amazes me! Great job out there. I just realized you did a 10 miler the weekend before...certainly that took something out of this race, so try not to get down that you didn't BQ. The Beaaachy Soccer Mom in the Escalade should be shot. I'm sure I've seen her out there while riding my bike. The Over the Mountain triathlon was like that with post race food - no gatorade, nothing at all salty. Just lame cookies and oranges. |
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Woke up at 3am. Not sure why. Waited until 4 to eat (2 pieces of wheat toast w/strawberry jam, banana, OJ, and a Clif bar). Potty stops, and departed for the race at 5:45. Drank 20 oz. of GU2O in the car on the way. Got to the race site, potty stop, bagged drop, then got in the 7:00/mile corral.
Not much time for it (we got there late), so I did not get a jog in beforehand. Would've liked to for sure, but it didn't happen. So, I tried to take the first few miles very easy. Tried to. Honestly, I did.