First of all, sorry about the cryptic previous posts.\u00a0 For some reason my darling’s iPhone wouldn’t let me enter any text in the post field (but I knew you were all waiting around all day just to see how I did) \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
So the good news is I PR’d; although official results haven’t been posted online (someone either made off with the sheet they posted at the end or it blew away), but Garmin says my final time was 4:15:18.\u00a0 My emotions have ranged from being ecstatic for finishing (believe me, there were a couple of miles where that was in question), to being bummed for not BQ’ing, to being frustrated for having a poor last 10K.\u00a0 And yes, that’s where things went downhill — literally, although not enough, plus figuratively.<\/p>\n
Although I ran the first few miles a bit faster than I should have, I don’t think that contributed to my downfall.\u00a0 My strategy was to average 9:20 over the first six miles; it was closer to 9:12.\u00a0 I was then going to pick it up to 9:15 for the next three, but was closer to 9:05.\u00a0 Mile 10 was 9:18, but I followed that with three sub 9 minute miles.<\/p>\n
So, what got to me?\u00a0 The hills!\u00a0 I knew what to expect at the creek beds at miles 16 and 20 since we had the chance to check them out beforehand, but I wasn’t expecting the rolling hills from miles 13-20.\u00a0 Thing is, they really were no different from the hills at the Kirkland or Mercer Island half marathons; I think where they were in the race contributed to my slowdown, but the real culprit was the dizziness.\u00a0 I drank at every fuel stop (which were placed practically every two miles), plus ate three ClifShots and one package of ShotBlocks.\u00a0 But I think the cold that’s been threatening me decided to rear its evil head during the race.<\/p>\n
Although my body was still really strong, I couldn’t shake the dizziness and had to start walking several times.\u00a0 My average pace for the first 20 miles was 9:14 min\/mile; I actually thought I might still have a chance to BQ but knew I would have to push it really hard during the last 10K.\u00a0 Alas, I couldn’t do it.\u00a0 My ears became blocked and I decided I’d walk it out to clear my head, then hopefully finish strong (which I did — I managed to sprint the final 1\/3 mile!).<\/p>\n
Again, I’ll post more tomorrow, but now I’m lounging with a glass of wine.\u00a0 Cheers!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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