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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
United States
Philadelphia Marathon
38F / 3C
Sunny
Total Time = 1h 33m 20s
Overall Rank = 515/12807
Age Group = M55-59
Age Group Rank = 7/325
Pre-race routine:

Up at 4:15am to catch the train, just coffee and toast to go
Event warmup:

got placement in first corral but there's not much room, jogged around in place and tried to stretch
Run
  • 1h 33m 18s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 07m 07s  min/mile
Comments:

Felt prepared and never stressed. Good run - had a few objectives, beat the 1:39 from two years ago, go under 1:36 to qualify for the NYC Marathon, and get a podium in AG (top 5). Accomplished 2 of 3 (missed the podium by :45)
What would you do differently?:

Need to have more confidence that I can run sub 7:00 miles for 13.1, ran 5 splits at sub 7:00 minutes including the last 2 miles (no splits over 7:20), but kept pulling up some because I was concerned about holding the pace.
Post race
Warm down:

Some water, walked to meet the family

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Confidence in sub 7:00 miles

Event comments:

Great big city race, well organized, always on time and never felt crowded even though 30,000 run the race. Its fun to run clear roads in the city that are always congested, and see the crowds come out for this race.




Last updated: 2014-11-24 12:00 AM
Running
01:33:18 | 13.1 miles | 07m 07s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/325
Overall: 0/12807
Performance: Good
Course: Great course, running up South Street, Chestnut Street and University City with thousands cheering is really motivating, great crowd support, flat course except for two modest hills at mile 6 and then again around mile 10, single loop.
Keeping cool Drinking
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall:
Mental exertion [1-5]
Physical exertion [1-5]
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] 5

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