St. Louis Marathon Race Prediction,,, (Read 97 times)

I ended up finishing with a time of 3:48:38,,, a very very very tiny PR :/

The race was exciting, fun, and painful as well. I enjoyed the course a lot; from the Mississippi river all the way to Forest Park.

I finished the 1^st half at 1:50:54 (8:28). So I ended up with 6 min positive split if my math is right.

I guess this is a fast start for my fitness level. Should I have started at 8:45, it would have been a different outcome. Who knows

I’m not going to use the word disappointed, but rather surprised that I was not able to hold an 8:30sh. This time, starting as early as mile 8-9, I realized that I was not going to hold it. I was actually putting work and effort to keep an 8:30sh. I stayed with it and paid the bill starting at mile 23.

I’m thinking of few reasons:

1. taper was super bad. 3 weeks out (50m) 2 weeks out (15m) week race (7m)
2. driving to Missouri on Sat morning, and not getting enough sleep
3. lots of treadmill training in Jan and Feb
4. bad nutrition during the cycle; lots of SODA :/

Overall, I had a lot of fun training and racing. I’m feeling much better today, and looking forward for some rest and cross-training over the next few days.

I will be doing my 5^th marathon on Oct. 7^th going for my 3^rd Twin-Cities marathon in a row.

Starting the year, my goal was to run the TC18 at sub 3:35. This looks super tough now with this marathon result.

Some days you have it and some days you don't.

Maybe this was just one of those days you didn't have it.

Predicting your finishing time for a marathon is very important in setting your pace those first 10 - 15 miles.

You guessed 3:42 and you ended up wrong.  It's a fine line.

When it is all said and done 3:38 over your goal over the course of 26.2 miles is less than 10 seconds per mile.

And a PR is a PR.

Well, I'm not reading it as things went badly. A marathon PR is a damn fine accomplishment. Congrats!