At This Point, Who Gives a Flying Ferk?

Yeah, about that Wineglass Marathon thing. So, I’ll keep it short-ish.

  1. Shin problem was a non-issue.
  2. The race is awesome – I highly recommend it. Well run, plenty of porta-johns, excellent swag, great race support, small (under 2000 people in the marathon), ridiculous food spread at the end, free showers at the Y for runners, easy course. I will do it again, for sure.
  3. While 5 weeks of taper from a 20 miler seemed to work ok for Carlsbad, 8 weeks? Not so much. And only 18 miles with a two week taper? Also not sufficient. And I don’t think the 6 days off did anything for the shin.
  4. So, even though miles 21-26 were awful thanks to point #2, I learned that I can, for sure, run an 3:40 with proper training.

The first 20 went like this – I crossed the half way point around 1:50:xx:

8:28, 8:18, 8:29, 8:27, 8:30, 8:31, 8:12, 8:19, 8:19, 8:19, 8:26, 8:26, 8:27, 8:22, 8:25, 8:34, 8:23, 8:24, 8:26, 8:32.

Around mile 20, I knew that the wall was coming. Not surprisingly, with 18 miles being the most I ran, and only once, this makes complete sense.

From 21-26, I watched my 8:25 pace go down the shitter. My legs were completely fried.

Last 6:

8:40, 9:16, 8:46, 9:33, 10:32 (I was hating life here at mile 25), 9:07, 2:41 (last .35).

I salvaged the PR, just barely. Official chip time 3:46:45.

Once I finished, I was the achiest ever. I thought after RnR New Orleans, it was bad. This was twice as bad. I was scared to sit down for fear I would not be able to get back up. But then, staying upright was hard, so, I was in a catch-22. I hobbled around for like 10 minutes until I found the bag pick up, sat my ass down on a curb and waited for the Husband.

While I am kind of bummed out with the last 6 miles, it wasn’t exactly a surprising outcome. The one takeaway that left me hopeful was that I maintained that 8:25 quite easily. It felt no harder than when I was running the first 20 miles of Carlsbad and New Orleans. I know the wall came because I didn’t have recent long runs under my belt.

Anyway, a while back I registered for Lake Hodges 50K at the end of this month. Let’s  hope this 90+ degree heat wave doesn’t come back next week. And at least I got 26.2 miles in 4 weeks before, and 15 miles this past Sunday, so I am reasonably prepared – probably more so than for Wineglass!

Comments

  1. Not to shabby my friend...sounds like a great race too!

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  2. I'm hoping the heat is over. I think it is. Maybe. Hopefully.

    Imagine the PR you'll have when you're trained and ready, man.

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  3. Great PR, I cant believe you managed that on so little training, and so soon after your ultra! Definitely 3:40 is yours for the taking next time around. Are you running Carlsbad again this year?

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  4. I've heard really great things about that race.

    Man. You are so fast!!!!

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  5. Congrats! You have some strong legs!!

    Good luck at Lake Hodges. I wanted to run that race - not the 50K but one of the shorter ones - but I'll be out of town that weekend. Would be awesome to catch up at a race sometime! :) Kristen

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  6. Yes, heat wave be gone. You will go sub 3:40. You for sure have it in you. Nice PR my friend and score on the free shower!!

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  7. really hoping summer is over!! it's been ridiculous! :(

    CONGRATS again on your new PR! 3:40 is a great goal & I know you'll do it!

    good luck on your up-coming 50k! I think it's great that you're running ultras now. very inspiring! :)

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  8. awesome PR!! congrats!! Have fun at lake hodges. I ran a half marathon there last year and it was so hard! I'm a flat road runner kind of wimp :)

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  9. Glad the shin is not an issue anymore! And, I agree that you will definitely be able to pull off some great times in the near future. Congrats on pulling out a PR while/after fighting an injury!

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