Shamrock Marathon
Ran the Shamrock Marathon on Sunday.
Negatives: It was freezing and windy the whole time. I had to stop 9 miles in to re-tie my shoe and I could barely feel my fingers enough to make it happen, lol. I also started too fast and burned out hardcore at the end. I felt like crying around the 22nd or so mile, I was just drained. It definitely didn't help matters that from roughly that point to the finish I went from 25th female(where I'd been most the race- still got quite a ways to go before I'll expect much better of myself from a marathon this size, lol) to 31st. Was mentally cursing every time I saw another woman go by. Finished roughly 8 minutes short of my goal.
Positives: I beat my last marathon(in November) time by 30 minutes for a finish of 3:24. I was the 31st woman out of 1,291. All the mental angst and bargaining(just x more miles!) that happens during a race becomes hilarious once the finish line is in sight. Free beer, cookies, pretzels, a blanket, and all manner of other stuff at the finish. Also, for my missed goal, there's always next time!
First, a before and after shot, to possibly understand what I meant in the negatives, lol.
minor note: my bib says corral 2 but I totally just kinda ducked-in and left with corral 1 since I knew I was at least going to be faster than 3:35, lol
And the stats...
From my watch, you can see how I tried to start off good, then went too fast, then died...
Also, for the record, I know for a fact that 5:55 around mile 8 was when we ran past a group of women in uniform cheering. Granted, the other two under six minute recorded times where probably when running past people cheering too, but I distinctly remember that particular instance speeding up a little. I'm such a dork.
Negatives: It was freezing and windy the whole time. I had to stop 9 miles in to re-tie my shoe and I could barely feel my fingers enough to make it happen, lol. I also started too fast and burned out hardcore at the end. I felt like crying around the 22nd or so mile, I was just drained. It definitely didn't help matters that from roughly that point to the finish I went from 25th female(where I'd been most the race- still got quite a ways to go before I'll expect much better of myself from a marathon this size, lol) to 31st. Was mentally cursing every time I saw another woman go by. Finished roughly 8 minutes short of my goal.
Positives: I beat my last marathon(in November) time by 30 minutes for a finish of 3:24. I was the 31st woman out of 1,291. All the mental angst and bargaining(just x more miles!) that happens during a race becomes hilarious once the finish line is in sight. Free beer, cookies, pretzels, a blanket, and all manner of other stuff at the finish. Also, for my missed goal, there's always next time!
First, a before and after shot, to possibly understand what I meant in the negatives, lol.
minor note: my bib says corral 2 but I totally just kinda ducked-in and left with corral 1 since I knew I was at least going to be faster than 3:35, lol
And the stats...
From my watch, you can see how I tried to start off good, then went too fast, then died...
Also, for the record, I know for a fact that 5:55 around mile 8 was when we ran past a group of women in uniform cheering. Granted, the other two under six minute recorded times where probably when running past people cheering too, but I distinctly remember that particular instance speeding up a little. I'm such a dork.