We'll forego the training tip this week and instead recognize our Boston Marathon runners. Our heroes had especially tough going because of the weather. It was a chilly 43 degrees at the start, with a stiff headwind at times. (A news report offered consolation: "...athletes were spared the worst. The race’s history book devotes an entire page to historical anomalies listed under categories spanning “snow,” “driving rain,” “extreme heat or unseasonable warmth” and “other unusual weather conditions,” examples of which include a partial solar eclipse in 1939 and the eruption of an Icelandic volcano in 2010.")
Monique came within a few minutes of her PR with 3:41:52 (8:27 pace) - another qualifying time! Dave finished in 3:35:30 (8:13), Randy 3:37:17 (8:17) and Denise 3:58:08 (9:04).
Denise wrote: "It was by far the hardest course and worst conditions I've ever run in but I feel it was one of my best races ever."
Randy: "It is the toughest course I have ever run. Today was the toughest weather conditions I have run for a marathon. Head wind. Cold. Rain for most of the race."
Monique came closest to her 3:39 PR.
Monique's 5K splits were incredibly even and she ran the second half of the marathon only 48 seconds slower than the first: 1:50:32 for the first half and 1:51:20 for the second half.
The 5K splits:
25:59
26:08
26:37
26:04
26:10
26:22
26:53
26:25
Monique claimed to struggle with her pacing because she had forgotten her Garmin, though the numbers belied this. First, her impression: "...I found someone who was running 8:20 (as I wanted) and had a Garmin to confirm the pace. She seemed to be going fast, but was claiming to be running 8:20. Clearly she wasn’t following her Garmin. So i ended up following along with someone else and that didn’t go well either. Both were going too fast. So I backed way down once I started questioning it and listened to myself…but that was around mile 6 when I looked at the clock and did the math. I’m so glad I realized how fast I was going and slowed way down - it made a big difference for the end. i enjoyed the end and was only 2 minutes slower than what I wanted. Good enough for me."
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Featured runner: Pete Boll will be running for the 6th time and will likely pass the 100 mile mark to move into 5th place, passing Mark Clear (100.9 miles in 7 races). He is one of 16 Rank Strangers to top 20 miles in a single relay (6 of those runners are on this year's team).
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