Mount Desert Island Marathon - RunMarathon


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Mount Desert Island, Maine
United States
Crow Athletics
50F / 10C
Overcast
Total Time = 3h 30m 26s
Overall Rank = 79/925
Age Group = 35-39
Age Group Rank = 16/59
Pre-race routine:

ate a waffle , banana with PB, walked 1.25 miles to the start
Event warmup:

walked 1.25 miles to the start
Run
  • 3h 30m 26s
  • 26.2 miles
  • 08m 02s  min/mile
Comments:

The run went very well. I had a very steady run. I wasn't trying to set any records. I wanted to try and keep it even adn see how close I could come to running even splits.

The course was constant rolling hills. None of them were terribly steep, but they were constant, and got worse at the end. Miles23-25 were almost all uphill and into the wind. I kept a pretty even pace. My fastest mile was 7:37. One mile was mismarked by a couple hundred of feet and I had stopped at the rest stop just before the mark. I had one 7:40 mile followed by a 9:20. In reality, it was more like an 8:20 followed by 8:40. I never walked more than 20 ft and only at the water stops. I passed a ton of people on the last few hills, as I just kept plodding along. Not too fast, but a steady effort. Ended up with my back half about 3:30 slower than the first half, but I really think this was more a function of the hillier second half, becasue I really felt OK until the last mile or so.
What would you do differently?:

nothing
Post race
Warm down:

walked around for a few minutes, sat and stretched and rode back to the hotel.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

nothing

Event comments:

This was a very good race. Beautiful but challenging course. Water stops every 2 miles with water and gatorade. Gel only at one stop. Helpful volunteers. Adequate post race spread.

Good location for a long weekend. Hiking in Acadia was good for recovery




Last updated: 2011-06-13 12:00 AM
Running
03:30:26 | 26.2 miles | 08m 02s  min/mile
Age Group: 16/59
Overall: 79/925
Performance: Good
Course: loop around MDI
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? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Average
Race evaluation [1-5] 4