Prior to that incident her and I were flying along. We got a slow start trying to navigate all the people but we settled into something between an 8:05 and 8:10 pace all the way until mile 20. We had a few miles under 8:00 and a few over 8:20 but mostly we were feeling really good and steady. The course was very flat and scenic which helped to offset the lack of hundreds of thousands of fans and other runners. The biggest challenge for me was mental. Towards the end (even before Lisa rolled her ankle) the miles seemed to stretch out and it felt like ages between each mile marker sign. My cardio held up fine just like in Boston and I had some stiffening of my quads again but this was significantly less since there was no three mile hill to climb.
Overall the course was a lot of fun and I would have absolutely set a PR if I hadn't hung back to get Lisa across the line. However, I'm really happy with how the race ended and I'm really proud of Lisa for qualifying despite her injury.
| mile | split | total |
| 1 | miss | |
| 2 | 17:51 | 17:51 |
| 3 | 8:18 | 26:09 |
| 4 | 8:13 | 34:23 |
| 5 | 8:08 | 42:31 |
| 6 | 8:10 | 50:42 |
| 7 | 8:22 | 59:05 |
| 8 | 8:08 | 1:07:13 |
| 9 | 8:11 | 1:15:24 |
| 10 | 8:20 | 1:23:45 |
| 11 | 7:46 | 1:31:32 |
| 12 | 8:06 | 1:39:38 |
| 13 | 8:19 | 1:47:57 |
| 14 | 7:52 | 1:55:50 |
| 15 | 7:56 | 2:03:46 |
| 16 | 8:04 | 2:11:51 |
| 17 | 8:09 | 2:20:01 |
| 18 | 8:05 | 2:28:06 |
| 19 | 8:06 | 2:36:13 |
| 20 | 8:11 | 2:44:24 |
| 21 | 8:21 | 2:52:45 |
| 22 | 8:27 | 3:01:12 |
| 23 | 9:21 | 3:10:34 |
| 24 | 9:45 | 3:20:20 |
| 25 | 8:27 | 3:28:48 |
| 26 | 8:35 | 3:37:23 |
| finish | 1:42 | 3:39:05 |
I started training for this during the second week in June and ended up covering 549.3 miles over the course of 18 weeks in training and the race itself. At one point during the training I missed out on a 50 mile week entirely and I spent a few weeks battling stomach problems that caused me to cut some runs short. Given all that, and the fact that I trained about 575 miles for the first marathon I am really happy with my performance here. I'm going to be running Boston in April again and I have some ideas to radically change up my training.
I took Monday off to relax and recover from the race and used to it finish off my next 5 Space Marines.
newest 5
all 10 that I've finished
I'm happy with how these guys are turning out. They're currently missing decals on their shoulder pads because I haven't figured out a good way to apply them. There is a good tutorial that I found online that I need to try out before I go wasting the decals that I need.
After rallying to tie the series 3-3, the Red Sox lost to the Rays on Sunday. It was a bummer but I'm glad they fought back and didn't roll over and give it to the Rays.
After rallying to tie the series 3-3, the Red Sox lost to the Rays on Sunday. It was a bummer but I'm glad they fought back and didn't roll over and give it to the Rays.
mile 13
finish!
finish!
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