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Indianapolis Monumental Marathon 2012!!
Nov. 4th, 2012 10:17 pm[cross-posted from G+]
So the Monumental Marathon was yesterday! I had a pretty good race! I started with the 3:35 pace group, but decided that I was feeling good, so I might as well try to break 3:30. So I left them after the first few miles, and was trucking along at under 8-minute miles for a while. I hit the halfway point at 1:44:45, continuing to feel pretty good. Just a half marathon left, right? Easy.
The second half wasn't as good, but it was still OK. I had a single mile that was over 9-minute pace towards the end; the results are showing that I did 8:31s on average for the second half. I couldn't quite keep it together, but I didn't fall apart so dramatically either. I finished in 3:36:12 total, which is 2:31 faster than my epic race in SF this summer. I was in tremendous shape this summer, but the hills are pretty big in San Francisco.
There was some sleet and some hail there towards the end, which I thought was pretty great. I was just happy it didn't dump cold rain on us.
Indianapolis is pretty in the Fall, and the race is consistently well-organized and pleasant and medium-sized. Also there was a guy in an elephant costume running the full marathon, like big baggy footy pajamas with huge ears and a trunk.
Official results here: http://www.tuxbro.com/IMM12F.html
So the Monumental Marathon was yesterday! I had a pretty good race! I started with the 3:35 pace group, but decided that I was feeling good, so I might as well try to break 3:30. So I left them after the first few miles, and was trucking along at under 8-minute miles for a while. I hit the halfway point at 1:44:45, continuing to feel pretty good. Just a half marathon left, right? Easy.
The second half wasn't as good, but it was still OK. I had a single mile that was over 9-minute pace towards the end; the results are showing that I did 8:31s on average for the second half. I couldn't quite keep it together, but I didn't fall apart so dramatically either. I finished in 3:36:12 total, which is 2:31 faster than my epic race in SF this summer. I was in tremendous shape this summer, but the hills are pretty big in San Francisco.
There was some sleet and some hail there towards the end, which I thought was pretty great. I was just happy it didn't dump cold rain on us.
Indianapolis is pretty in the Fall, and the race is consistently well-organized and pleasant and medium-sized. Also there was a guy in an elephant costume running the full marathon, like big baggy footy pajamas with huge ears and a trunk.
Official results here: http://www.tuxbro.com/IMM12F.html
