I had a great time & I learned a lot today. My SGM time will be much faster, I will make sure of it. Took the early van/bus to the starting line. The race directors didn't bring enough wood so I sat around and shivered a bit for 2 hrs. I'm glad the starting line temperature was nice and cool. My plan was to stick around 9:30 min/mile until mile 17 and then see what I had left. For the most part I followed that. But ran out of steam. My dad met me at mile 20 and I downed a Cherry Pepsi, which saved me, I was starting to hit a wall at that point. My watch lost the gps signal at around 17.5 mi. I reset at mile 18 but I think I'll only post splits for 1-17. Anyone who looks at the splits and my final time and does the math will know I had a one way ticket to WussTown by around mile 16. By the time I crossed the line I was toast! I laid in the grass in the park for a bit to recover. Thanks to all my friends and family. Positive notes: - buying nice socks! (saved my feet) - trying something new and pushing myself. even if i didn't get the finishing time i was going for. - preparing the best ipod playlist of all time. with lots of hard music. it helped... - drinking and eating enough during the race. - Using a new version 1 Nike gps watch. it helped but had issues. Negatives: - Not tapering properly this week. - Not getting in enough base miles during the last 18 weeks of training. - Using a new version 1 Nike gps watch I'm tired! If i think of something else I'll update later. LAP | TIME | AVG.PACE |
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1 | 9:41 | 9'41"/mi | 2 | 8:46 | 8'46"/mi | 3 | 8:59 | 8'59"/mi | 4 | 9:12 | 9'12"/mi | 5 | 9:24 | 9'24"/mi | 6 | 9:01 | 9'00"/mi | 7 | 9:08 | 9'06"/mi | 8 | 10:16 | 10'15"/mi - taking it easy on the 1st hill | 9 | 9:42 | 9'41"/mi | 10 | 9:08 | 9'08"/mi | 11 | 9:18 | 9'18"/mi | 12 | 10:01 | 10'01"/mi | 13 | 11:32 | 11'32"/mi - restroom break. glad i stopped | 14 | 9:44 | 9'43"/mi | 15 | 9:58 | 9'57"/mi | 16 | 10:40 | 10'40"/mi - last hill? | 17 | 11:07 | |
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