Originally posted by MarineWithEgo: Are those Marine Corps issued green PT shorts?
MWE: If I remember correctly km did marine OCS earlier this year so I'd bet they are.
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MWE and TVF: Yes, those are Marine PT shorts. I went to OCS the past two summers, and now I just have to finish up my senior year of college before I'm the lowest form of life: a Second Lieutenant.
And now... the report!
Got to Indianapolis Friday night, ate a lot of food at a high-end buffet, and tried to get some sleep. Woke up at 5:15am and ate some oatmeal. Got to the race site in plenty of time. I really like the organization of this race. It’s not very big, maybe only 2000 people total for the marathon and the half-marathon. As such, it caters to the runners very well. We parked not 500 feet from the starting line. I got some film for my camera from the CVS, and my girlfriend became my official race photographer (those pics are forthcoming! I swear!).
The race started off at 8. Weather was great for it; low 50s at the start and probably mid 60s when I finished 3 hours, 34 minutes later. I felt great for the first half of the race. I ran alongside Steve, a guy from Purdue who I met at the very beginning of the race. We were clipping along, averaging about a 7:30/mile pace, which isn’t bad.
At about 12.5 miles, the course split. The half-marathoners turned left toward the finish line; us marathoners turned right and headed into the No Man’s Land. Except for a few cheering fans at the very beginning, the second half of the marathon was virtually devoid of fans. It was a straight out-and-back course, and while there was a cool stretch through a state park, much of it sucked. Steve and I started running with another guy, and our paces started slowing down singificantly about mile 16.
I started slowing down even more, and after mile 19 (the turnaround in the out-and-back) I “hit the wall.” The last 7.2 miles just plain sucked. I was averaging about 9:30 miles, except for a few miles in which I busted out 12:00 miles. I managed to muster up a little burst of energy for the final 0.2 miles at the finish line, and I came in at 3:34:something, an 8:11/mile average pace.
I could barely move my legs after I crossed the finish line. I got a $5 sports massage from a student at a local massage school, and that helped significantly. I ended up getting sixth place in the male 20-24 division.
Spent the rest of the day eating a marathon’s worth of Mexican food and sleeping.
I haven't exercised at all this past week (crazy deadlines, etc etc.) I'm now looking to improve my shorter-race time for a Thanksgiving 5k and a 4-mile trail race in late Novemeber.
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That is awesome man, you should be very proud. Did you talk much with your running buddy along the way, or just run together? When I hit the wall, it slowed me a lot more than it did you, I slowed to 20-30 minute miles, but only for a few. And with an official photographer, I guess we will see more pictures? Good luck with the upcomming "sprints" they will be fun.
I was wondering when you were going to post this report! [img]tongue.gif[/img] Congratulations on a great race. I think essentially everyone fades at the end of a marathon, especially the first one or two. That last 6-7 miles is a killer!! Great job!
Are you going to do another one in the future or stick with the shorter, faster races??
I'm looking to do one next fall. Either Chicago or, if I'm willing to pay the cash, New York. I'm not sure when I'll be ordered to report to TBS (my first stop as a 2ndLt) and if I have to be in the field during the weekend of a race, I'm kinda screwed!
Looking at a local race schedule, I'm focusing now on a trail 5k/10k (which one?) on 5 Nov and a Turkey Trot 10k on Thanksgiving. I'll be modifying Higdon's advanced 5k and 10k plans. I'm not sure what to do for lifting though. I'm thinking about restarting StB. I'll give the bulk a better chance when I'm not running 30-40 mile weeks!
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"My baby's soft and sweet, somewhere between a flower and a gun" - fiction family
Yes, 6th place is awesome, km. Very nice work indeed.
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That's a long-ass way to run. Congrats. And you look a lot better than many people I've seen who've finished marathons. So after that, you stayed up all night drinking and carousing, right?
Thanks for sharing the pics, km. They're awesome. Congrats again.
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"Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you are right." - Henry Ford
"UNLESS someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not." - Dr. Seuss
"Life is no brief candle to me. It is sort of a splendid torch which I have got hold of for a moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations." - George Bernard Shaw
Thanks for sharing the pics, km. They're awesome. Congrats again.
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"Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you are right." - Henry Ford
"UNLESS someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not." - Dr. Seuss
"Life is no brief candle to me. It is sort of a splendid torch which I have got hold of for a moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations." - George Bernard Shaw
Originally posted by Chris Correia: That's a long-ass way to run. Congrats. And you look a lot better than many people I've seen who've finished marathons. So after that, you stayed up all night drinking and carousing, right?
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I'm now looking to improve my shorter-race time for a Thanksgiving 5k and a 4-mile trail race in late Novemeber.
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