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Comments: I had decided to start the race just behind the 3:10 pace group and see how things went. For the first few miles, my right calf was a little tight, but it loosened up and was not an issue. The course was pretty crowded with the half marathon going on at the same time, but I was able to stay with the 3:10 group. After completing the first lap and heading back on to the island, my stomach began to have some issues. I made a quick pit stop around mile 13 and felt fine after that. I debated picking up the pace to try and catch-up with the 3:10 group and decided to go for it. I ran about 3 miles at sub 7's to catch them. As we began the 2nd entry into Landfall, it was just one other guy and the pacer in the group. We were about 1 minute ahead of pace and just kept steady on the splits. At about mile 25, I decided to push a little harder and ended up finishing strong. I took gels at miles 5, 10, 15, and 20 and water/gatorade about every other aid station. I had completed my training using the Hanson Plan for a 3:12 so I was able to go a little faster than expected. What would you do differently?: Not much, other than figuring out what the stomach issues were about.  Post race
Warm down: Had some water and walked around a bit. I had a couple of pieces of pizza and a few other snacks before heading back to the car. What limited your ability to perform faster: Not much Last updated: 2015-03-23 12:00 AM
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 2015-03-23 12:23 PM |
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| 2015-03-24 9:48 AM in reply to: #5102778 |
| 19 | Subject: RE: Quintiles Wrightsville Beach Marathon Sounds like you paced yourself very well in this race! Congrats on a good performance. Use Hanson's myself, going through my 4th time (currently week 15, Boston right around the corner) -- 3rd marathon, + a 1/2. |
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Quitiles Wrightsville Beach Marathon
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Overall Rank = 18/541
Age Group = 35-39
Age Group Rank = 6/48
I woke up around 4 am to eat a breakfast of oatmeal and a banana. I arrived at the shuttle location and waited in a small line to ride the shuttle over to the start line. At the race start, I sat around until it was time for the race to start.
Nothing much, some minor stretching.