yesterday morning I woke up as Camiseta Selección de fútbol de Costa Rica well as did the usual pre-race rituals: change, bathroom, sunblock, eat.
I had laid out my stuff the night before so I wouldn’t fail to remember anything.
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I ate PB toast as well as cinnamon sugar toast with salt. Salt was key in this race.
I have run the long beach half or full something like 5 times now. So, getting to the begin was familiar as well as nice. This feels like my house town race
My goal for the long beach Marathon this year:
1. Run a wise race.
This meant:
Don’t be an a-hole (aka don’t go out as well fast).
Fuel every 5 miles.
Have fun! <- This is was extremely very important since I did not want to go to the new York Marathon hating marathons!!! After last year’s LB race I was 99% sure I was done with marathons forever. only after getting the offer from ING to be an ambassador did I think about signing up for another! I needed this race more for my head than my body. I jokingly told Ben my strategy for this race was, “Don’t be an a-hole as well as pray.” I’m notorious for going out method as well quick as well as bonking. So, I was determined to go out at 4 hour marathon speed as well as see if I might do a few unfavorable splits. Remember, I didn’t taper at all for this race so I was available to the possibility that it would be extremely tough to have a great race – that’s where the praying comes in. I fueled every 5 miles as well as utilized the new Margarita Clif shot blocks with 3x the sodium of the originals at Mile 5 as well as 15. The last 2 years I did LB I got the worst cramps in my quads (it feels like my whole muscle mass was having a spasm!). That did not occur this year! I believe the additional salt (from salting my toast, sipping Nuun as well as the blocks) assisted prevent this. I believed I was still going out a bit as well quick at 8:50s the very first few miles, however I kept inspecting in with myself. My goal for the very first half was “energy preservation”. I wished to utilize up as bit energy as possible as well as save it for the second half. I saw Ben at mile 12 as well as he refilled my water bottles (I used my fuel belt with 2 bottles). He is the best!!! Since this was the third time doing this program I understood I autumn apart at mile 17 near Cal specify long beach since it’s hilly. Last year I SLAMMED into the wall right there as well as it was horrible. This year I understood it was coming, fueled as well as stayed positive. I ran in as well as out of the school as well as stayed focused on ‘up as well as over’ the hills. Then, I lastly turned on my music. I was ‘saving’ it for the last 6 miles or so. (<- in hindsight I believe turning it on early would have made me Camiseta CF Monterrey go out as well fast, having no music in the early miles kept me more self aware.)
After CSULB there is a slight incline as well as you head back to the beach/Finish. I kept waiting on my quad cramps to find as well as even had one of the aid stations spray my legs keeping that magic muscle mass spray (I did this last year as well as well as the cramps still came).
No cramps.
I waited to slam into the wall. I saw people around me walk up the hills. I saw their type break down. I waited for it to occur to me.
No wall.
I never hit the wall on this race! I credit history luck, fueling as well as having a great day.
At mile 24 I ran by the Sole Runners booth as well as one of their runners was just coming out to finish. We ran together from Mile 24-25 as well as it was something like 8:34?! We both believed the other person was trying to go fast. Talk about a unfavorable split! That was my fastest mile of the entire race!
Unfortunately, we lost each other at an aid station around 25, however seeing that I just ran such a quick mile I kept pushing. I understood I was going to pr at this point as well as figured I should run (not stumble) it in.
As somebody who is not a natural runner my race performance depends largely on exactly how my body feels on race day. My half as well as full PRs have been when I was just having a great day – not necessarily after weeks of crazy training for a PR. But, I did run smarter not harder as well as that was more than half the battle.
My official Marathon pr time is 3:55:03 typical Pace: 8:58
I went to tell Steve “Hi!” at the surface line festival:
I was exhausted after as Camiseta Newcastle United well as we headed directly to my mom’s. instead of an ice bath I took a dip in the chilly pool
It was cold, however not precisely ice bath torture.
And enjoyed a few of Ben’s fries. We drove though a location on the method over, however I wasn’t hungry at all. I just feltwrecked more than anything.
I did sip on a chocolate Milk from Steve though!
The rest of the day included a household BBQ to celebrate something for my brother. We had carne asada, salmon burgers, potato salad, beans, rice as well as fideo. So good!
That’s why I made the Funfetti cake Saturday.
And I had a large skinny woman margarita x2 to celebrate!
This morning I am a bit sore – mainly my quads as well as toes, however feeling excellent overall! next up is the new York Marathon!!
As of right now I still plan on running NY just to enjoy it (not for time) since it is the one time I’ll do that legendary race. PR-ing in long beach has proved to me that last year’s race was not a fluke as well as I might sub 4.
I want to truly experience as well as enjoy the NY mary as well as then choose what’s next. I keep stating I’m going to retire my marathon shoes as well as stay with halfs, however I’ll make that final decision after Nov 4th.
Yesterday’s marathon was #5 for me as well as after each of the previous I’ve swore that was the last one. this felt different, kinda like I didn’t want to lay down as well as die right after. Hmmm. I feel like I have a great deal to believe about, however for now I am basking in my Marathon pr
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