Just finished Regina marathon. I got 4th place in 2:43:30. My friend Brendan ran amazing and won in 2:36 and a half. I am not quite happy with how my legs gave up on the last 5 km, but I should be happy that this is my fastest marathon in 10 years. My 2nd faster ever, actually. Maybe I can squeeze under 2:40 in Victoria in 4 weeks?
Splits:
3:48, 3:45, 3:46, 3:50, 3:30 (18:42 at 5km), 3:41, 3:46, 3:36, 3:54, 3:48 (37:30 at 10km), 3:43, 3:44, 3:44, 3:47, 3:49 (56:19 at 15 km), 3:44, 3:50, 3:36, 4:06, 3:35 (1:15:13 at 20 km), 3:44, (1:18:58 at 21 km, 1:19:20 halfway), 3:46, 3:43, 3:41, 3:46 (1:33:57 at 25 km), 3:49, 3:43, 3:50, 3:23, 3:46 (1:52:31 at 30 km), 3:50, 4:02, 3:50, 4:05, 4:26 (2:12:46 at 35km), 3:44, 4:10, 4:22, 4:23, 4:35, (2:34:02 at 40 km), 4:33, 5:01.
Passed halfway at 1:19:20 with Ian, James and Brendan, and it felt doable go at this pace. Ian dropped back by 23 km or so. Then, by 26 km or so, I was having trouble following Brendan and James. The pace was getting to my legs, so to speak. Breathing and effort was still easy. I was by myself but it still felt doable to run at 3:50 per km.
I passed James at 30-32 km somewhere; I think he had a cramp or something. From now on, it gradually got harder. By 37 km, I was starting to slow down significantly and the legs starting giving up, as many times they have before. James came back and passed me with 1 km to go, and there was nothing I could do. Ian got closer but I managed to hold off with 20 seconds for 4th place. By then it was really hot.
David Ball PB’d in 2:54 something. Lori also PB’d on the marathon and Erin ran well on the half. Good run for our crew from Camrose/Edmonton! It was a great day and a lot of fun.
