More on the Marathon
I don’t have my mile-by-mile results off my watch yet, but I wanted to pull out my official results from the marathon website. My final position was #1962 out of 6330, and I placed 218th out of 443 people in my age group, which means I cracked the top 50%.
| Timing Mat | Time | Distance | Pace | Total Time | Overall Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10K | 52:50 | 6.214 | 8:30 | 52:50 | 1697 |
| Half | 1:00:53 | 6.896 | 8:50 | 1:53:43 | 1611 |
| Turnaround | 38:56 | 3.891 | 10:00 | 2:32:39 | 1751 |
| 5K left | 1:08:17 | 6.112 | 11:10 | 3:40:56 | 1875 |
| Finish | 30:59 | 3.107 | 9:58 | 4:11:55 | 1962 |
Miles 17-23 were the slowest by far. This was a pretty demoralizing period of time for me, and it shows. I’m happy that I was able to get my last 5K down under a 10:00 mile though, especially since that’s when my cramping started to hit.
I do have one picture to share. This was taken at about mile 26. Normally my legs bend a lot more at the knees when I run, this is the cramping showing:
And finally, thanks to each and every one of you for your kind comments! I will do an extended entry sometime later this week with all the gory details.
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Feb 14th 2005
6:26 PM
I personally am looking forward to reading the gore! Congratulations … awesome job!
Feb 15th 2005
8:31 AM
Didn’t you say there was rain? Looks like sunshine to me. :)
Feb 15th 2005
8:32 AM
Hi Richard, you’re right. It was awful race conditions. Great job toughing it out through the cramps and blisters! It was nice to meet you and your wife and hopefully we’ll get to see you at another race in the future. Take care of those feet and sore legs. :)
Leilani
Feb 15th 2005
9:13 AM
There are a few photos, including rain, here:
http://www.statesman.com/sports/content/sports/photos/021405_marathon/photo10.html
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Feb 15th 2005
5:16 PM
Thanks for pointing out the Statesman’s photo gallery — very nice! I think you look pretty strong in that picture, especially for mile 26. You’re a force of nature, Richard!
Feb 16th 2005
7:06 AM
Richard,
Well done, that’s a great performance anyway, more so considering the hardships you faced. Even if it’s not quite the result you wanted, hopefully you can learn from it (what, I’m not sure… that’s for you to ponder!)
Feb 16th 2005
4:58 PM
Congrats on the race!
I have a question about the split distances that you listed. Are the distances listed at doitsports just approximations? (mi 23.5 is acually 26.2 - 3.107 ?) That would explain some of the inconsistencies that I’ve noticed with the doitsports stats.
Feb 18th 2005
12:05 PM
Well, I’m pretty sure that the last pad was placed at the 5K-to-go point. There’s no easy way to list that in their grid though since its all done assuming distance-from-start. When in doubt, you can email raul -at- run-far -dot- com for specifics, since they provide the timing services, set up the mats, et cetera.