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Friday Apr 19, 2013 #
Note
Stuck in the Newark airport due to the snow delaying my departure last night. I missed my Belfast connection, so will likely miss the opportunity to Orienteer this weekend. I still have next weekend....
Monday Apr 15, 2013 #
Event: 117th Boston Marathon
8 AM
Running race (Boston Marathon) 3:20:17 [4] 26.39 mi (7:35 / mi) +737ft 7:24 / mi
shoes: Altra The One
If golf is a good walk spoiled, this is a good run spoiled.
Really feel for those injured. Everyone I know that was there was fortunate to be spared even being close to the event. All were either finished, or not to that point.
The event.
The BAA does an incredible job. Very organized. I was planning on running 7:45's to just try to re-qualify. That plan included running the first 4 miles at 7:30. I guess after the first 4, my pace was set. I just kept at or near that pace for almost the entire race. The Newton hills took a bit off, but not significant. I did stop for three kisses at Wellesley. :-)
The BC crew was pretty raucous. The Support on Heart Break Hill was great. The last 4 miles hurt, but I knew I was home. Tried to break 3:20... but the extra .2 miles on the Garmin worked against me. It is still a PR. A good way to end my road marathoning career. 2 Marathons, Two Boston Qualifiers.
I got a few notes at the end from friends saying how consistent I ran. I was pretty focused on my min/mile times.... maybe too focused. I didn't really pay attention to overall time until I got close to the end and the math got easier. I don't think I could replicate this consistency over a hilly course if I focused just on 5K splits.
Distance Split 5K Split
5k 0:23:23 0:23:23
10k 0:46:46 0:23:23
15K 1:09:57 0:23:11
20k 1:33:21 0:23:24
25k 1:56:46 0:23:25
30k 2:20:55 0:24:09
35k 2:45:29 0:24:34
40k 3:09:40 0:24:11
Really feel for those injured. Everyone I know that was there was fortunate to be spared even being close to the event. All were either finished, or not to that point.
The event.
The BAA does an incredible job. Very organized. I was planning on running 7:45's to just try to re-qualify. That plan included running the first 4 miles at 7:30. I guess after the first 4, my pace was set. I just kept at or near that pace for almost the entire race. The Newton hills took a bit off, but not significant. I did stop for three kisses at Wellesley. :-)
The BC crew was pretty raucous. The Support on Heart Break Hill was great. The last 4 miles hurt, but I knew I was home. Tried to break 3:20... but the extra .2 miles on the Garmin worked against me. It is still a PR. A good way to end my road marathoning career. 2 Marathons, Two Boston Qualifiers.
I got a few notes at the end from friends saying how consistent I ran. I was pretty focused on my min/mile times.... maybe too focused. I didn't really pay attention to overall time until I got close to the end and the math got easier. I don't think I could replicate this consistency over a hilly course if I focused just on 5K splits.
Distance Split 5K Split
5k 0:23:23 0:23:23
10k 0:46:46 0:23:23
15K 1:09:57 0:23:11
20k 1:33:21 0:23:24
25k 1:56:46 0:23:25
30k 2:20:55 0:24:09
35k 2:45:29 0:24:34
40k 3:09:40 0:24:11