2009 Long Island Marathon 3:16:00 / 7:30

(dang son....ohhhh snap-- check out the diversity above!!!!)


Chip Time: 3:16:00
Pace: 7:30
10K Split: 43:36
1/2 Split: 1:32:52
20M Split: 2:25:44
Rank: 34/514
Age Grade: 63.7%

Overall Results



Net time of 3:16:00. Definitely off from my 2008's performance. The wheels didn't exist today. I know it was 13 days after Boston and I keep hearing that perhaps I needed more recovery time, however that's really no excuse when I've done the two week by two marathon type of deal before.



I knew I was in trouble early on in the race around mile 6. There's no friggin' way I was going to bail out on this marathon. There's many coulda's woulda's and shoulda's- but hey what's done is done and I have to own up to my performance. Luckily buddy K was there to pace with me from miles 18-25. I really don't know how I would gutted it out. If there's any validation, I was placed 3rd in my age group and I guess running two marathons with 3:15 & 3:16 isn't that bad, and I shouldn't be too hard on myself. Either way, last week, I've registered for another marathon in the middle of May. Maybe it is too soon or maybe not running to my potential, but I love running and killing myself over marathons; at least I get to scratch this state off my list! Once again, another marathon to look forward to! :0)



More importantly, congrats to my posse Ace (1:58), Anchi (2:18) and Ghetto (2:16) on their halves!




Splits:
01: 7:05:75
02: 6:49:86
03: 6:47:87
04: 6:59:36
05: 7:02:26
06: 7:03:97
07: 7:08:48
08: 7:05:35
09: 7:07:28
10: 7:07:76
11: 7:09:34
12: 7:09:47
13: 7:13:12
14: 7:18:59
15: 7:29:46
16: 7:38:34
17: 7:42:18
18: 7:52:00
19: 7:44:45
20: 7:55:09
21: 7:59:38
22: 7:57:95
23: 8:15:65
24: 8:26:82
25: 8:13:92
26: 8:02:14
.2: 1:38:02

Cheers,
Moz