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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
United States
Philadelphia Marathon
42F / 6C
Overcast

Total Time = 4h 43m 58s
Overall Rank = /
Age Group =
Age Group Rank = 0/

Pre-race routine:

Bagel and coffee from Dunkin' Donuts at 5:00am in the hopes that I could evacuate my bowels before the race.

Event warmup:

Walk 1.5 miles to the start line from hotel. A bit of stretching. Wait in line for bathroom.

Run

4h 43m 58s
26.2 miles
10m 50s min/mile

Comments:

My brother and I started slow - 11:00mpm for the first few miles. Bo was worried that if we kept that pace up, his endurance may be a bit limited. We stepped it up to ~10.5mpm which was just fine for me, and we were able to hold that for nearly the duration of the run, save for a few miles where we walked through water stops or pulled over to pee or poo.

Had a bit of a quad cramp somewhere in mile 25 or so and I stopped to walk it out a little. The finish was uphill which kind of sucked, but the finish area was lined with folks on both sides which was definitely inspiring.

What would you do differently?:

Nothing. It was a good run.

Post race

Warm down:

Walk around, eat some grub. I dug the chicken broth and soft pretzels at the end.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Lack of speed.

Event comments:

PHENOMENAL volunteers. Plenty of them and they were great. Lots of drink stations. A COMPLETELY different experience from my first Marathon which had only 263 finishers. It was a lot of fun to run a marathon with thousands of other people.

Last updated: 2007-11-20 12:00 AM

Running
04:43:58 \| 26.2 miles \| 10m 50s min/mile
Age Group:	0/
Overall:	0/
Performance:	Good
11:13, 10:57, 11:06, 11:02, 10:36, 10:29, 10:30, 10:20, 10:16, 10:57, 10:39, 10:29, 10:31, 10:26, 10:49, 10:46, 10:38, 10:48, 10:30, 10:53, 10:44, 11:19, 10:43, 10:58, 11:10, 12:31, 2:24
Course:	Good course - start at the Art Museum, run through historic downtown Philadelphia for the first bit, through UPenn and Drexel, along the Schuylkill, up to Mannayunk (with its' Main Street Hills) finish at the Art Museum (ala Rocky, but not up the stairs, thankfully).
Keeping cool	Good	Drinking	Just right

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

Evaluation
Course challenge	Just right
Organized?	Yes
Events on-time?
Lots of volunteers?	Yes
Plenty of drinks?	Yes
Post race activities:	Average
Race evaluation [1-5]	4

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sranney

2007-11-20 6:42 AM

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The High Plains

Subject: Philadelphia Marathon

My brother had had some technical shirts made up for this race. Mine said Steve on the front, his said Bo. On the reverse of mine, it said "Bo's brother"; on the reverse of his, "Steve's Brother". It was cool to have folks cheering for you by name, and even cooler to have done this run with my brother.

Edited by sranney 2007-11-20 6:44 AM

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