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Hello everyone
Well I made it! My time was 4.45.28 which put me 801st out of about 1500
starters. The results sheet at the San Antonio Marathon website only goes
up to 5hrs 30 (1123 runners) but there were people finishing after that. I
was 43rd out of 65 runners in my age group (35-39) who finished inside the
5.30 cutoff for official times.
In any case I had a blast!!
I hardly noticed the first 6 miles because of all the excitement but I was
very good about not going too fast. I kept a steady 10.30 per mile pace for
the first half. My legs did start tightening up a bit at about mile 8 which
worried me but I kept churning and seemed to get through it. I went through
the half way mark at 2hrs 18mins feeling good and caught a lot of people
between here and mile 17. However, that's where the rot set in! I started
to think about the mile markers and kept looking at my watch in
anticipation of when they would come so I could walk for a half minute and
have a drink. Starting running again each time was hard but I did and I
continued to catch people so that made me feel a bit better. Some people
caught me however, including a very small grey haired lady who steamed
through at about mile 24!
I sucked a packet of GU at the 1 hour, 2hr and 3hr marks. The water
stations were rather sporadic, particularly in the first six miles and only
three had gatorade (they said there would be Gatorade and I thought they
meant at all the stations) so I was glad I had taken my GU and a water
bottle with me. The weather was warm and I got a touch of sunburn! The
support along the course was great but there were some long stretches with
nobody there. Some people had music playing and I was surprised what a lift
that gave me.
Anyway, today I am as stiff as a board but otherwise feeling great.
See you all Wednesday although I won't run this week but will hope to join
you next.
Julia
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