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Houston, Texas
United States
Houston Marathon
Overcast
Total Time = 4h 02m 14s
Overall Rank = 1725/
Age Group =
Age Group Rank = 268/
Pre-race routine:

got up and showered and of course tried to go to the bathroom unsucessfully. Drank a cup of coffee (double expresso from Starbucks) and a cliff power bar... Drove to the site and just chilled inside the convention center prior to the starting gun. Walked to the starting line and just waited. I was placed in the front corral, but decided to stay behind....
Event warmup:

none... by the time thee was time to run I would be warmed up.... the amount of runners present would not allow you to start running fast at the beginning, thus the inital jog was a good warmup...
Run
  • 4h 02m 14s
  • 26.2 miles
  • 09m 15s  min/mile
Comments:

I decided to do this race even though I haven't been able to run consistently for the last month. My last real run was about 1 month before when i did my 20 miler. I decided to see take it easy.... my splits were
6.2 mile at 56:2 (8:21 min/mile)
13.1 miles at 1:48:13 (8:15 min/mile)
18.2 miles ar 2:39:04 (8:33 min/mile)
At this point I was cruising... and loved everyminute of it... at mile 19 i had a sharp pain in my left knee and it just was too painful. I stopped at the aid stations but they did not have any tylenol of any pain reliever.. I had only one tylenol, but I knew one would no be enough.. a fellow runner had some tylenol and gave me some, but at that time I realize that my dreams of 3:45 were out of the window thus I decided to walk and enjoy the rest of the run. I thought to myself.... today i have nothing to prove.... I am not prepared and I have finished an Ironman.... I will finish this and that is what it mattered.. I enjoyed the rest of the run.... walked and talked to some ladies that walked the whole marathon. They started at 4:15 in the morning..... That was amazing...
the last segment of the marathon (7.6 miles) I did it in 1:28... which was an incredible pace of 10:40/mile...

Love the race a whole lot.... I really like running....
What would you do differently?:

train more and find the what is wrong with my knee....
Post race
Warm down:

walked and ate....

What limited your ability to perform faster:

lack of training




Last updated: 2006-01-16 12:00 AM
Running
04:02:14 | 26.2 miles | 09m 15s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/
Overall: 0/
Performance: Good
Course: flat and long... very long.
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Average
Mental exertion [1-5] 4
Physical exertion [1-5] 3
Good race? Ok
Evaluation
Course challenge
Organized?
Events on-time?
Lots of volunteers?
Plenty of drinks?
Post race activities:
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2006-01-16 7:36 PM

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Expert
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2006-01-16 8:02 PM
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Elite
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Nice race Luis, especially without really training for it!
2006-01-17 11:08 AM
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Master
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Nice race! I really like running too 
2006-01-17 8:27 PM
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2006-01-18 2:55 PM
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Master
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Great job buddy!!!
Was nice taking to you at Celeste's place.....See ya next time.
2006-01-18 5:04 PM
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Elite
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You need to eventually stop socializing during your races! Its cool and fun, but some day I would like to see how fast yu can actually go!


2006-01-18 7:00 PM
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Queen BTich
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I HATE it when I can't go to the bathroom before a race. It messes with my mind.

Anyway, good for you for enjoying it and walking. Much better for the knee. Hope its not serious.

Congrats, you ran a great 19 miles!

2006-01-18 9:03 PM
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Tri Take Me Away - 2006-01-18 4:04 PM You need to eventually stop socializing during your races! Its cool and fun, but some day I would like to see how fast yu can actually go!

 

Hummm.... someday I will do that...   when I know that killing myself will actually bring me a big payday or a celebrety status or a spot in the olympic team...   While that momento comes, I will enjoy my races...    Thanks for carin and wondering how fast I can go... to me the important thing is to finish and have lots of fun....   

2006-01-20 9:15 AM
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I am still in awe of your paces. My goodness - that fast with out real training. CHA! You are awesome!
2006-01-22 9:19 PM
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Great race Luis,

Way to keep perspective and enjoy yourself even though you knew you would not reach your goal time.  I especially liked: "today i have nothing to prove.... I am not prepared and I have finished an Ironman".  They can't take that away from you

2006-01-31 8:43 PM
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Great Job Luis!


2006-02-01 10:15 PM
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Hollidaysburg, PA
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Great race for not trying! I love running too - NOT. If I could do it without trainiing it would be much more fun.

 Congrats!

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