Total of 28.08 miles today (finished the month with 185.. second highest monthly total) Sunburst Marathon in South Bend.. Finished in 4:10:14 (42 minutes off my PR).. Finished 226 overall out of 644 I think, and 175 out of 361 among males.. The most scenic course I have ever ran! Keep in mind all have been in Indiana.. Felt great.. Three goals - 1. Go past 17 miles running (my longest). 2. Run the entire course. 3. Get as close to 4 hours as I can.. I got two of three.. Started out great!! It felt like I was just running.. Pace moved to the upper 7s.. Told myself to keep them in the 7s.. Kept knocking off consistent mile times.. Huge hill in mile 11 gave me my first 8.. Picked it back up to get another 7, before the times started to slip.. Hit the half marathon distance at 1:42 (6 minutes faster than my PR.. Saw Braden on an out-and-back, and just knew I was going to make it the distance without walking.. Got to 21.5 miles a a sharp u turn that you had to step up about a foot to get onto the sidewalk killed my stride.. Nothing I could do to prevent the first walk.. Walking and running the rest of the way, as legs were gone and the muscles were cramping but not a full cramp.. Worst part was at mile 22 you had to cross a bridge that was like a huge hill, and the make it worse it was a swaying bridge (no fair).. Was able to run the last mile plus, as it helped finishing with the back half of the half marathon people (they started 1:15 after us).. I think I ran with my eyes closed 80% of the time during the last mile.. I feel so much better about this one than the first.. Ran the first mile in 6:50.. Second mile in 7:11.. Third mile in 7:18.. Fourth mile in 7:42.. Fifth mile in 7:34.. Sixth mile in 7:46.. Seventh mile in 7:39.. Eighth mile in 7:50.. Ninth mile in 7:52.. Tenth mile in 7:51.. Eleventh mile in 8:07.. Twelfth mile in 7:59.. Thirteenth mile in 8:29.. Fourteenth mile in 8:32.. Fifteenth mile in 9:07.. Sixteenth mile in 9:29.. Seventeenth mile in 9:20.. Eighteenth mile in 9:55.. Nineteenth mile in 10:31.. Twentieth mile in 10:33.. Twenty-first mile in 11:33.. Twenty-second mile in 14:53.. Twenty-third mile in 11:19.. Twenty-fourth mile in 15:30.. Twenty-fifth mile in 14:29.. Twenty-sixth mile in 10:38.. Finishing in a 9:56 pace.. Day 195 of my run steak Warm up for the Sunburst Marathon.. Did just under two (1.88) at a 8:26 pace
Posted on: Sun, 01 Jun 2014 02:16:39 +0000
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