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2013 Providence RI Marathon

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Location:

Acton,MA,USA

Member Since:

May 12, 2010

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

5K (PR) - 18:02 

10 mile - 1:06:01

Half-Marathon (PR) - 1:30:36

2016 Gate City Marathon (PR) - 3:09:44

Short-Term Running Goals:

BQ! - Got that monkey off my back.

Join a competitive running club

Long-Term Running Goals:

SUB 3 Marathon

Keep setting PR's as a middle of the pack Master.

Personal:

I am married with 2 daughters 12 & 14. 

 

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28.390.0028.39
Saucony Mirage 2 (gray) Miles: 28.39
Night Sleep Time: 12.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 12.00Weight: 170.00Calories: 0.00
Race: 2013 Providence RI Marathon (26.39 Miles) 03:16:35
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
26.390.0026.39

26.39 miles - 3:16:35 

A 21 second PR..... woo hoo stop the presses.  I'm happy that I came across the finish line feeling better than my first marathon, but not particularly pleased with the time.

My goal for this marathon was a 3:10 BQ.  I figured with my prior & first marathon ending up in a total collapse for the last 10k, I would try and stick to a 7:15 pace and push if I had anything left near the end.  I would also be running with Jim, a co-worker and the head of our IT department.  At 54 yrs old, Jim has run twenty five marathons with a personal best of 2:37 in his twenties.  Lately Jim has been running right around a 3:15 or so and I figured his similar pace and experience could only help.  Pre-race Jim and I discussed running together until one of us inevitably sped up or fell off.  Of course, being the newbie, I started talking to some guys around mile (8) who had intentions of running 3:10 and by mile (9) I was running a 7:07 pace and had left Jim.  The next couple of miles stayed under my MP and I started to feel crappy at mile (16).  What really sucks is not being able to pull it together and get back to your goal pace.  At mile (18) I was in damage control mode and couldn't believe that I was blowing up with 8+ miles to go.  Right around mile (23) the 3:15 pacer blew by me with some words of encouragement.  At this point I was feeling weird twinges in my left hamstring and thought "that's strange" and kept running..... 10 seconds later I had a deep muscle cramping/charlie horse that made me stop mid stride.  I immediately and instinctively grabbed the muscle and dug my fingers deeply into the hamstring.  It released after a skip/shuffle 15 seconds later.  At mile (24) and feeling like a total bag of crap, Jim my co-worker pulled up on my shoulder.  He told me the last 4 miles for him had been a serious struggle.  We ran together for the next 1.5 miles cursing the day when all of a sudden my right hamstring locked up...... WTF! I said out loud and Jim replied "I gotta go".  I watched him gain about thirty yards on me as I repeated the process of bear clawing my other hamstring.  Luckily it released and I started to reel Jim back in.  This time I pulled up on his shoulder and as I did, he said "Aww your the man!"  This little bit of encouragement got me going and I picked it up and separated from Jim.  With 26 miles on my tired legs, I pushed around the final turn and saw the clock at the finish..... It was going to be a squeeker!  I summoned all I had for the final push and came in 21 seconds faster than my previous & first marathon.  

Obviously the good news is the PR. No matter how small it was in conjunction with the fact that I came across the line not feeling like I was going to die.  I'm bummed that I didn't BQ, but that will happen another day..... I'm sure of it! 

Split
Time
Distance
Avg Pace
Summary3:16:34.726.397:27
17:08.11.007:08
27:15.11.007:15
37:24.71.007:25
47:11.91.007:12
57:15.91.007:16
67:16.81.007:17
77:15.21.007:15
87:11.81.007:12
97:07.21.007:07
107:07.01.007:07
117:05.11.007:05
127:07.71.007:08
137:14.91.007:15
147:10.21.007:10
157:15.61.007:16
167:21.41.007:21
177:19.61.007:20
187:31.11.007:31
197:29.91.007:30
207:26.61.007:27
217:45.81.007:46
228:05.11.008:05
237:55.61.007:56
248:02.01.008:02
258:17.51.008:17
268:25.81.008:26
272:47.30.397:04

 

Saucony Mirage 2 (gray) Miles: 26.39
Night Sleep Time: 5.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 5.00Weight: 170.00Calories: 0.00
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Recovery

Very sore. 

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Recovery & a side by side look (splits) at the two marathons I have run.

Green indicating my faster miles out of the two..... comparatively.  Or you could call them the "money miles".

1st    vs    2nd

 

7:28

7:27

7:13

7:08

7:09

7:15

7:04

7:25

7:03

7:12

7:03

7:16

7:13

7:17

7:05

7:15

7:11

7:12

7:02

7:07

7:06

7:07

7:00

7:05

7:04

7:08

7:08

7:15

7:08

7:10

7:09

7:16

7:18

7:21

7:24

7:20

7:19

7:31

7:18

7:30

7:24

7:27

7:52

7:46

7:54

8:05

8:21

7:56

8:46

8:02

8:31

8:17

8:57

8:26

9:02

7:04

 

3:16:56 = 1st

3:16:35 = 2nd 

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Rest.

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Rest & 2013 Cox Providence RI Marathon - Photos

 

 

 

 

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2 miles

My first run post Marathon.  My legs have felt good the past two days, so I thought that I would go for a run with no issues tonight.

 Wow!  My running legs don't agree with my resting legs...... I felt pretty sore on this 2 mile jaunt.  I'll have to ease back into it slowly.

plit
Time
Distance
Avg Pace
Summary14:57.52.007:29
17:44.91.007:45
27:11.81.007:12

 

Saucony Mirage 2 (gray) Miles: 2.00
Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00Weight: 170.00Calories: 0.00
Comments(1)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
28.390.0028.39
Saucony Mirage 2 (gray) Miles: 28.39
Night Sleep Time: 12.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 12.00Weight: 170.00Calories: 0.00
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