kodi
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Okay, I procrastinated enough.
FIrst a weekend rundown. I had a great time overall. I love spending time with my daughter, son-in-law and their two boys and of course my friend Ron. They are all fun to be around. We arrived in San Diego around noon on Saturday, went straight to the Expo. The place was nuts. I often thought some of the other expos were busy but this one really was crazy. Too many people to look around much so picked up our numbers and went to lunch. We had early dinner reservations (4:30PM) at a place call Buca di Peppo. If you never ate there, next time you are near one, go! The food was fantastic and the desserts were wonderful. I could go on a long time just about our dinner. (LOL).
Our hotel was one mile to the start so we walked along with too many other runners. The thoughts of even trying to get into a porta pottie line was far beyond my imagination. Good thing it wasn't a necessity. We all had different corral numbers but since they weren't closely monitored I got in the one with Judy, my daughter....running her first marathon) and her training/running partner. I had no intention of staying with them but it was fun to be with her and experience her excitement of her first marathon.
Even though we were in corral 17 it only took 15 minutes to get to the start.
Judy never set a time but was thinking about 4:30. Based on her 1/2 marathon, other races and training I figured 4:15-4:25. Her time was 4:25:09. Obviously she was estatic and ran a consistent pace, I think they may have even ran a negative split but can't be certain.
Then there was me.
I was right on target for my 4:50 up thru 10 miles, by the half, closer to the sub 4:55. My finish time ended up 5:25:11. I still haven't quiet figured out exactly what happened. I tried the run a mile walk a minute as I did in training but had to shelf that after five miles because of the placement of the water stations. I then went water station to water station (1.3-1.6 miles in general), I do know this: At about 12 miles I started feeling a hot spot on the ball of my left foot and it only got worse. At mile 17 I started to cramp in my right quad, usually a sign of dehydrating, but I was very astute about drinking cytomax and water (full cups of each) at every water station.
I'm really disappointed in my time mostly because I trained more for this marathon than any other in the last three years. Did all the homework. However, I have to keep in perspective, I'm thankful that I'm even out there at all and able to go the distance. Kind of ironic, I'm getting angry with myself for not being able to maintain my pace but never stopped running and then look around and see all these young runners walking and struggling. I guess I'm more than lucky.
I wasn't particularly pleased with the course. My garmin showed 26.4 but I'm sure the course was 100% accurate. It's very difficult to follow the tangent when there are so many runners and turns.
The last part of the run was around Mission Bay on the walkways used for jogging, blading, etc. There was a nice breeze most of the time there but it was also a time when a lot of the runners were walking. The problem is the lack of courtesy they showed those who were still running. At times there would be five or six abreast and runners couldn't get past them. OKAY, enough of my complaining.!
The good side: I finished vertically and was 5th in my age group.
FIrst a weekend rundown. I had a great time overall. I love spending time with my daughter, son-in-law and their two boys and of course my friend Ron. They are all fun to be around. We arrived in San Diego around noon on Saturday, went straight to the Expo. The place was nuts. I often thought some of the other expos were busy but this one really was crazy. Too many people to look around much so picked up our numbers and went to lunch. We had early dinner reservations (4:30PM) at a place call Buca di Peppo. If you never ate there, next time you are near one, go! The food was fantastic and the desserts were wonderful. I could go on a long time just about our dinner. (LOL).
Our hotel was one mile to the start so we walked along with too many other runners. The thoughts of even trying to get into a porta pottie line was far beyond my imagination. Good thing it wasn't a necessity. We all had different corral numbers but since they weren't closely monitored I got in the one with Judy, my daughter....running her first marathon) and her training/running partner. I had no intention of staying with them but it was fun to be with her and experience her excitement of her first marathon.
Even though we were in corral 17 it only took 15 minutes to get to the start.
Judy never set a time but was thinking about 4:30. Based on her 1/2 marathon, other races and training I figured 4:15-4:25. Her time was 4:25:09. Obviously she was estatic and ran a consistent pace, I think they may have even ran a negative split but can't be certain.
Then there was me.
I was right on target for my 4:50 up thru 10 miles, by the half, closer to the sub 4:55. My finish time ended up 5:25:11. I still haven't quiet figured out exactly what happened. I tried the run a mile walk a minute as I did in training but had to shelf that after five miles because of the placement of the water stations. I then went water station to water station (1.3-1.6 miles in general), I do know this: At about 12 miles I started feeling a hot spot on the ball of my left foot and it only got worse. At mile 17 I started to cramp in my right quad, usually a sign of dehydrating, but I was very astute about drinking cytomax and water (full cups of each) at every water station.
I'm really disappointed in my time mostly because I trained more for this marathon than any other in the last three years. Did all the homework. However, I have to keep in perspective, I'm thankful that I'm even out there at all and able to go the distance. Kind of ironic, I'm getting angry with myself for not being able to maintain my pace but never stopped running and then look around and see all these young runners walking and struggling. I guess I'm more than lucky.
I wasn't particularly pleased with the course. My garmin showed 26.4 but I'm sure the course was 100% accurate. It's very difficult to follow the tangent when there are so many runners and turns.
The last part of the run was around Mission Bay on the walkways used for jogging, blading, etc. There was a nice breeze most of the time there but it was also a time when a lot of the runners were walking. The problem is the lack of courtesy they showed those who were still running. At times there would be five or six abreast and runners couldn't get past them. OKAY, enough of my complaining.!
The good side: I finished vertically and was 5th in my age group.
