Ran my first marathon (Cleveland) yesterday +26
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Oh come on, that's all you are gonna say about it????? Details man! Congrats on finishing.
I on the other hand only have 8 miles to post for today. But they were on a trail so that's a plus.
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Ahh I guess coming from ATOT I wasn't sure anyone would care
I had been planning on running the Cleveland since last September. A buddy and I were going to prepare seriously for it for over 6 months, try to have a shot of qualifying for Boston and everything. We both had minor injuries and other things come up through the school year though, and we were incredibly unprepared. I stopped running regularly around winter time, and averaged less than one run per week from January to May. Nontheless, we decided to run it anyway because we already paid, and just do our best.
Stayed with the 3:50 (8:46/mile) pacegroup for the first 13 miles, and felt pretty good. Slowed down a little and lost them around mile 15. My friend started having quad cramp problems around 16, and I was getting tired as well. We took a short break to stretch, and ran again at about 9:00/mile until the 22, where he almost ate it due to cramping. We walked/ran the last few miles and finished in 4:33. Not the marathon I originally hoped for, but definitely still cool to have one under my belt. I'm really sore today.
Oh yea, conditions were really good (clear and ~60), everything went pretty much right for me. Especially after pretty much not running for nearly 6 months, and never having run further than 16 miles in my life, just finishing was definitely the goal. If I ever do one again it'll be after really preparing, in which case I might care about pace.