2011 Boston Marathon - 3:02:58 / 6:59

Net Time: 3:02:58
Pace: 6:59
Rank: 1860
AG: 68.3%

Funny how time flies and just a few days ago I ran my third Boston Marathon and 26th overall. I had plans to try out for another sub 3 but came up 3 minutes short from last year's time (2:59:26). However, I'm ecstatic with the result because I was ready to hang the towel on mile 10. My legs just didn't have it on Marathon Monday. It was just...heavy?

Most importantly, I hung on till the end of the race and came up with my 5th fastest marathon time. As much as I wanted to give up, I didn't travel to Boston and not finish. In addition, my parents, friends, teammates and co-workers were all tracking me, hence I need to finish the race with dignity. Instead of thinking that I had 16 miles to suffer right from mile 10, I told myself to break the 16 miles into pieces and tackle one mile at a time. Pretty soon enough, it worked.

It's tough comparing to last year because I did the same DC/Boston marathon combo for two years. However, the only difference is that in 2010, DC happened on the weekend of 3/20 whereas this year I had the NYC half and DC around 3/26; giving me one less week to recover. What this really means is that I have to be more cognizant on not bunching too many races and give myself more time to recover. It sounds like a broken record, but it is so hard to deal when I love racing so much!

For now, it'll be stress free running and focusing on a few shorter races and possible halves before Berlin and NYC!

GO CPTC!

Splits:
Mile 01: 6:48:01
Mile 02: 6:30:68
Mile 03: 6:39:92
Mile 04: 6:40:34
Mile 05: 6:31:03
Mile 06: 6:39:23
Mile 07: 6:40:25
Mile 08: 6:43:80
Mile 09: 6:43:52
Mile 10: 6:48:55
Mile 11: 6:51:55
Mile 12: 6:45:89
Mile 13: 6:51:66
Mile 14: 6:52:68
Mile 15: 7:02:00
Mile 16: 6:43:49
Mile 17: 7:14:88
Mile 18: 7:21:25
Mile 19: 7:15:23
Mile 20: 7:28:25
Mile 21: 7:43:00
Mile 22: 7:11:38
Mile 23: 7:24:14
Mile 24: 7:09:81
Mile 25: 7:23:01
Mile 26: 7:18:54
Mile .2: 1:26:24