I am in the middle of writing a LONG blog about the marathon but I wanted to post my splits on here for those of you who are not on FB or the daily mile.
It was an amazing day for me!! I have so many photos to share and details of the race to post probably sometime this weekend or Monday.
From my Garmin….26.55 miles – 4:46.13…10:46 Avg Pace
Mile 1 – 10:20
Mile 2 – 10:11
Mile 3 – 10:30
Mile 4 – 10:04
Mile 5 – 10:16
Mile 6 – 10:30
Mile 7- 10:33
Mile 8- 9:49
Mile 9 – 10:05
Mile 10 – 10:25
Mile 11- 10:21
Mile 12 – 11:00
Mile 13 – 10:59
I reached the half way mark at 2:17 which was exactly my time in training to finish in 4:34….but after mile 13 it started to go downhill in terms of my speed. I began to see people on the sides of the road stretching their calves and many people walking who were so fit and should have been near the finish. I started to worry and I think it got to me.
Mile 14 – 10:52
Mile 15 – 10:39
Mile 16 – 11:15
Mile 17 – 10:44
Mile 18 – 10:49
Mile 19 – 11:26
Mile 20 – 11:38
Mile 21 – 11:47
Mile 22 – 10:52
Mile 23 – 11:15
Mile 24 – 11:50
Mile 25 – 11:37
Mile 26 – 11:04
The last .55 – 5:10
Looking back on these it is obvious when I really started walking and slowing down my running. I have to be honest, I am a bit sad seeing these. I wish they were faster like in my training. I trained to finish around 4:34 and while my goal was to always come in under 5 hours, a part of me was dreaming for a 4:30 – 4:45 finish….I was so close.