Interesting Marathon. Slowest marathon I've done int 7 marathons (which it shouldn't have been), but my legs don't feel like I took it easy.
The run started off pretty good. Crazy downhill, and had to force myself to slow down many times. Went through the half at 1:26:47. Felt great. Made it to mile 15.5 (start of the Ogden marathon) and I was still feeling good...passed a ton of half marathon walkers. Doing the Ogden the past 5 years, I was used to this part of the course. Kept on running, slowing down a little but not too much.
About mile 19.5 there is a small hill. Going up it pounded my left forfoot and it started to hurt. Still was keeping up an ok pace, but slowed down considerably until mile 21.5, where you turn south off the Ogden Marathon course. I slowed down and after about a half mile I could feel I was running on the outside of my left foot to avoid striking too hard on my forfoot. Around here I passed Kam who was walking a little. Then my foot started to be more painful and my right TFL started to hurt, which killed my spirits, and I slowed way down. At mile 23 I decided to stop at the aid station and see how I really felt. I took a drink and walked a little. Ussually when I hit the wall I feel it is just as easy to jog or run as it is to walk--not here. Breathing, cardio, etc was fine. I jogged for about 25 yards but it hurt too bad, so I decided to play it safe and not turn the injury into a bigger one, so I hobbled--(walked) in the rest of the way. At the aid station at mile 25 Kam ran past. I jogged in the last hundred yards.
Interesting that will all the downhill, my quads don't hurt much but my calves are a little more sore than normal.
Much slower than what I trained for and expected but to end on a few postitive notes, even for a slow time and super slow last 3 miles I still took 3rd in my age 45-49 (surprising especially after walking three miles), also still another BQ marathon :-).
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