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race results: the 2009 ING Georgia Marathon!
Chip time: 4:07:37.
Average pace: 9:27 miles, and 26.2 of them.
Full results!
It was a beautiful day for a race, and getting to the starting line went really smoothly. Cool and overcast.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
markluffel and alsiealsiealsie dropped me off at the MARTA station at Early in the Morning, and I hopped over to Centennial Olympic Park, checked my stuff, found my pace group. And we were off through Atlanta, me and fifteen thousand of my closest runner friends.
It was a bit of a stretch goal to try to hit four hours, but I was optimistic going into it, and running with the pace team helped a lot! It's much easier when you're following cute girls; this was my strategy last year too, save that I brought my pace team (lindseykuper) with me to the race.
I stuck with the group quite smoothly until about mile 21, and then my legs were hurting pretty bad. A bit past there, I backed off a bit, intending to jog it in (which would have been quick enough for a PR -- I just had to break 4:06 for a new personal best), but I took a few walk breaks going through Midtown, Tech, and then back towards Downtown.
Next one :) I just need to go into the next one better trained. I didn't do nearly enough miles practicing for this one. Still. Good times and sore legs!
Average pace: 9:27 miles, and 26.2 of them.
Full results!
It was a beautiful day for a race, and getting to the starting line went really smoothly. Cool and overcast.
markluffel and alsiealsiealsie dropped me off at the MARTA station at Early in the Morning, and I hopped over to Centennial Olympic Park, checked my stuff, found my pace group. And we were off through Atlanta, me and fifteen thousand of my closest runner friends.It was a bit of a stretch goal to try to hit four hours, but I was optimistic going into it, and running with the pace team helped a lot! It's much easier when you're following cute girls; this was my strategy last year too, save that I brought my pace team (
lindseykuper) with me to the race.I stuck with the group quite smoothly until about mile 21, and then my legs were hurting pretty bad. A bit past there, I backed off a bit, intending to jog it in (which would have been quick enough for a PR -- I just had to break 4:06 for a new personal best), but I took a few walk breaks going through Midtown, Tech, and then back towards Downtown.
Next one :) I just need to go into the next one better trained. I didn't do nearly enough miles practicing for this one. Still. Good times and sore legs!