Three weeks before this race on a 24 mile training run in the rain, I tweaked my right calf. I went to the DR and he told me it was a stress fracture. I did PT 3x per week until the race and stayed on the elliptical (no running). I was about 60-75% healthy with this overuse injury. My PT lady told me that I should be ok...
I was really trying to qualify for Boston in this race. Most of my training runs were done at 7:20 pace or faster.
Laura and I went down for the weekend and Tim showed up too. We went to the expo on Saturday and then drove the course. It took longer to drive it than it would take to run it:)
On Saturday night we went to Little Italy for dinner at a local dive. It was a cool experience.
The weather on race morning was cold I started in shorts and a long sleve coolmax with tri top under. I did start out running smart and then picked it up. Had to pee at the start and went at mile 6, costing me 20+secs. I took a Gu at miles 10, 18 and 21. Took water or Gatorade at every stop. I had no stomach problems so I was mixing gu right.
Lost time in the middle miles and then started to get cramps late. Tried to fight through it but couldn't and slowed down at the end. I took a banana from a lady on the street:)
In the last few miles I fought a fierce headwind. Never should have stopped because I never got rid of cramps after that.
When I went back to PT my gal told me that I had no business running the marathon, but if she hadn't been positive with me ahead of the race I would have never run it. I did my best.
Mile Time Ave Pace Tot Time
Mile 1 00:08:26 00:08:26 00:08:26
Mile 2 00:07:08 00:07:47 00:16:13
Mile 3 00:07:02 00:07:32 00:23:45
Mile 4 00:07:00 00:07:24 00:31:09
Mile 5 00:07:15 00:07:22 00:38:31
Mile 6 00:07:18 00:07:21 00:45:53
Mile 7 00:07:43 00:07:25 00:53:17
Mile 8 00:06:40 00:07:19 01:00:36
Mile 9 00:07:10 00:07:18 01:07:54
Mile 10 00:07:10 00:07:17 01:15:11
Mile 11 00:07:10 00:07:17 01:22:28
Mile 12 00:07:07 00:07:16 01:29:44
Mile 13 00:07:47 00:07:18 01:37:02
Mile 14 00:08:38 00:07:24 01:44:26
Mile 15 00:07:10 00:07:23 01:51:49
Mile 16 00:07:01 00:07:22 01:59:10
Mile 17 00:07:00 00:07:20 02:06:31
Mile 18 00:07:18 00:07:20 02:13:51
Mile 19 00:07:27 00:07:21 02:21:11
Mile 20 00:07:37 00:07:21 02:28:33
Mile 21 00:07:24 00:07:21 02:35:54
Mile 22 00:07:22 00:07:21 02:43:16
Mile 23 00:07:26 00:07:22 02:50:37
Mile 24 00:08:29 00:07:24 02:58:02
Mile 25 00:09:26 00:07:29 03:05:31
Mile 26 00:08:15 00:07:31 03:13:02
Mile 27 00:01:07 00:07:30 03:16:36