Tough going
Tough going on the marathon course out there today. About 45 degrees and raining at the start with tons of wind coming out of the East/Southeast. Very difficult running conditions. The times were crap. People who decided to go for it and missed their guess (like me) paid dearly over the last half of the race as the temperature dropped and the wind picked up. It almost seemed like a cruel joke someone was playing on the runners today.
A brief rundown.
Here I am in our bedroom before the whole experience. All full of confidence and ready to roll. This was taken before I stepped outside.
Things were much brighter then.
I started out with a good group and After about 11 miles I just couldn't keep it up. Very odd because we were not going that fast but I was just dead tired. I think it was just fighting the wind for so long that it was just leaning on me and the effort of trying to maintain oly trials pace in such wind killed me. I should have backed off my goal and just run with Jeremy the whole time but that wasn't the purpose of this effort. Great job by him to run smart and rip a 2:27. The worst part was from 17.5 to 18.5 where the wind just really picked up and started to downpour. Very disheartening. At that same point I was working really hard to catch up to a runner I had trained with and right when I got there, he stepped off the course. Discouraging to say the least. It was great to see everyone out on the course. Thanks for the cheering.
Here is the data from the watch.
1) 5.25
2) 5.18 10.43
3) 5.24 16.08
4) 5.20 21.28
5) 5.31 27.00
6) 5.25 32.25
7) missed
8) 10.52 43.17
9) 5.23 48.41
10) 5.29 54.11
11) 5.33 59.44
12) 5.29 1.05.14
13) 5.35 1.10.49
14) 5.47 1.16.37
15) missed
16) 11.41 1.28.18
17) 6.03 1.34.22
18) 6.16 1.40.38
19) 6.14 1.46.53
20) 6.16 1.53.10
21) 6.26 1.59.36
22) 6.12 2.05.49
23) 6.19 2.12.09
24) 6.03 2.18.12
25) 6.14 2.24.26
26.2) 7.39 2.32.06
Here is a shot christy mae took while I was approaching 14. I am the speck in the green.
Shout out to my cousin Shanna who ran her second Boston Marathon after a red eye flight from Germany (where she lives in the winter because her husband plays pro hockey in one of their leagues).
14620 Bekar, Shanna L. 27 F Bedford NH USA
Finish Pace Projected Time Official Time Overall Gender Division
0:08:47 3:49:59 10372 2798 2088
I am gonig to take a nap. I will write more about the whole breakdown of the race tomorrow.
That's all I got.