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Pikes Peak Marathon - RunMarathon

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Manitou Springs, Colorado
United States
The Pikes Peak Marathon, Inc.
53F / 12C
Sunny

Total Time = 8h 39m 21s
Overall Rank = 585/698
Age Group = M 40-44
Age Group Rank = 76/85

Pre-race routine:

Coffee, bagel, power bar

Event warmup:

Walking the 3/4 mile up hill to the start, then running back to the hotel for my watch.

Run

8h 39m 21s
26.2 miles
19m 49s min/mile

Comments:

What can I say. I was prepared for everything but the altitude.

What would you do differently?:

I plan to do this race next year. Instead of making the July trip, I plan to get to Pikes Peak two weeks beofre the race and camp at Barr Camp. I will go to the summit each day for two weeks hoping to aclimate sufficiently to be able to run without sickness.

Post race

What limited your ability to perform faster:

ALTITUDE-DUDE

Event comments:

I'll be back!

Last updated: 2006-06-21 12:00 AM

Running
08:39:21 \| 26.2 miles \| 19m 49s min/mile
Age Group:	585/85
Overall:	76/698
Performance:	Bad
Splits at Matt Carpenter's Web Site 0:04:27 Ruxton Ave 0:14:30 Hydro Street 0:47:42 Top of W's 1:27:11 Barr Camp 3:05:21 A-Frame (I was on pace at A-Frame for 4:10:00 ascent) 5:30:49 Summit 3:08:32 Descent
Course:	The start of Pikes Peak Marathon is 1 mile below the start of Barr Trail Mountain Race yet I reached Barr Camp 18 minutes faster. I took the w's very slow and was bale to run much more from the top of the w's to Barr Camp and I felt great all the way to A-Frame. A-Frame is right below tree line at around 12,500 feet elevation. Immediately after A-Frame, my right arm went numb but I didn't know why. Within a half mile above tree line I began to just stop for no reason. I began vomitting at around a mile above tree line and dragged mydelf up the remaining 1.5 miles to the summit stopping every 100 yards or so to rest or puke. I even had to stop 30 feet from the turn around for several minutes. Once I got going down, I began to recover. When I reached tree line, I was able to really run and made up on hour on Ruth Anne catching her 20 feet from the finish.
Keeping cool	Good	Drinking	Not enough

Post race
Weight change:	%
Overall:	Below average
Mental exertion [1-5]	3
Physical exertion [1-5]	3
Good race?	No

Evaluation
Course challenge	Too hard
Organized?	Yes
Events on-time?	Yes
Lots of volunteers?	Yes
Plenty of drinks?	Yes
Post race activities:	Below average
Race evaluation [1-5]	2