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Cleveland Marathon - RunMarathon

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Cleveland, Ohio
United States
The Cleveland Marathon
40'sF / 0C
Sunny

Total Time = 3h 53m 48s
Overall Rank = /
Age Group = 40-44
Age Group Rank = 23/97

Pre-race routine:

woke up at 5.15am, slept pretty well, ate some cereal, drank half a Diet Coke. Jim and Conor walked me down to the start,(Erin stayed in room she wasn't feeling well) Very windy and cold, thought I under dressed for sure. Hung around the Hampton Inn and tried to stay warm.

Event warmup:

Ran for about six mins, felt ok.

Run

3h 53m 48s
26.2 miles
08m 55s min/mile

Comments:

I ran hard, I missed Boston by 3 minutes, that sucks but I was damm close. Maybe next time!!! The race started great and I kept with the 3.50 pace team until about mile 13/14. I lost them at a water station and couldn't seem to catch them. At this point I started seeing my times get a little slower but not bad, I caught sight of the 3.50 pace team but they were still a little ahead of me. My legs started giving me problems at about mile 17/18. The quads were sore, which was wierd since they haven't been giving any problems, but I could tell that's where I was going to have problems. Kept it going and about mile 19/20 that when my splits were getting longer. At this point I changed my plans and aimed for a sub 4 hour mararthon, which I did...Thank you for very much!!

What would you do differently?:

shaved off 8 sec every mile and qualified for Boston.

Post race

Warm down:

met Jim and the kids and slowly walked back the hotel room, showered, protein shake, peanut butter sand, iced Mocha and headed back to KY.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

????

Event comments:

Good race, I tried and did my best...for now.

Last updated: 2008-12-19 12:00 AM

Running
03:53:48 \| 26.2 miles \| 08m 55s min/mile
Age Group:	0/97
Overall:	0/
Performance:	Good
Course:	flat course with two or three hills and some inclines. Not bad at all. We started out downtown and they took us out by the water and around the burbs. Nice area, I don't beleive we ran the "bad" part of Cleveland. Or maybe, I just didn't notice.
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:
Race evaluation [1-5]	4