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Georgia Marathon

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Seattle,WA,

Member Since:

Dec 30, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

2019: 10:29 2 mile, 16:33 5k, 27:14 8k, 55:50 15K, 1:16:04 HM

Post Mayan Apocalypse PRs:

200 31.13 (2016, ATC all comers)

400 69.96 (2015, ATC all comers)

800 2:19 (2016, ATC all comers)

Mile 4:58 (2017, ATC all comers) 

3000 9:34 (2017, ATC all comers)

2mile 10:29 (2019, CNW Grand Prix)

5000 16:33.6 (2019, CNW all comers)

5k 16:50 (2018, Green Lake Gobble)

8k 27:14 (2019, Beat the Bridge)

10K 35:16 (2017, Eastside Beltline)

15K 55:10 (2018, Magnuson Park Memorial Day)

10-mile 60:29 (2017, Atlanta 10 mile)

HM 1:16:04 (2019, Lake Sammamish Half)

30K 2:01:56 (2014, Striders WRC 30K)

Mar 2:50:07 (2013, Sojo Marathon)

 

Fiddy "Classic" Accomplishments (before I forget)

2:03 800, 4:11 1500, 9:47 3200, 15:26 5000, 32:30 10000, 1:11:15 HM (unaided), 2:32 marathon (Boston)

Seattle Half Marathon '08-'11: 2nd (1:13), 4th (1:11), 5th (1:14), 2nd (1:13)

2nd MI half 2010 (1:11)

10th Seattle RNR 2009 (2:35)

97th Overall @ Boston 2010 (2:32)

2011 3rd Place @ Des News (2:35) and Top of Utah (2:33)

I once beat 14 year-old Connor Mantz (2011 Utah Valley Half 1:11) and 16 year-old Ben Saarel (2011 Flat as a pancake 16:23 in the f-ing snow)

2011 Salt Lake Half 1st place (1:14), Capitol Half 1st place (1:14), Provo City 4th place (1:16, unaided)

2011 Ragnar Ultra 1st place Wasatch Back Relay

7th place SLC half 2009 (1:11)

2009 Fremont 5k 16:00, 2010 Dart Challenge 16:05, 2011 Draper Days 16:02

2009 Running of the Leopards 15:03, aided

2009 Striders 10mile 1st place (58 mins)

2007 3rd place SCIAC 5k 15:26

2006 D3XC nationals, 184th (of 280)

Short-Term Running Goals:

5/18 Bart the Brodge

6/9 RicknRail Murothin

Long-Term Running Goals:

get busy living or get busy dying

Personal:

Crop rotation in the 14th century became considerably more widespread after John.

 

 

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Race: Georgia Marathon (26.219 Miles) 02:55:47, Place overall: 6
Total Distance
27.00

Georgia Marathon in Atlanta

My prerace prediction was 2:56 so I guess I can also stamp this race with MEETS EXPECTATIONS, just like the hot chocolate 15K. However, in a marathon, meeting expectations is good. 

No weird heart issues today, also.

Half marathon and marathon start out together for the first 7 miles so it was a little too easy for me to get caught up with the half marathoners. At 10K I was behind about 30 half-marathoners and also quite a bit ahead of pace.

David McWilliams 37:32
Takashi Maruyama 37:57
Enrique Sanchez 39:29
Juan Soto 39:30
Fiddy 40:16
Michael Davis 40:21
Guido Van De Velde 40:36
Kenyrik Alexis 40:58
Ivan Martinez 41:01
David Eckardt 41:04
James Bickelhaupt 41:29
Ben Walls 41:33
Grant Schliefer 41:35
Janusz Sarnicki 41:41
Pedro Meraz 41:59
Matthew Fisher 42:07
Philip Blong 42:14
Michael Morrell 42:46
Chris Muser 42:29
Will Taylor 42:39

Just after 10K, Michael Davis caught me and I tried to stay with him for a few miles. He dropped me in mile 8 when I was taking a GU, then I ran pretty hard to catch up to him. He easily dropped me again in mile 11 but I could still see him until about mile 15. Hit halfway, pretty much where I wanted to be: ahead of my predicted pace but not outrunning my fitness. It gets harder to stay motivated when there's no one up ahead to pick off.

David McWilliams 1:18:39 41:07
Takashi Maruyama 1:21:18 43:21
Juan Soto 1:22:35 43:05
Enrique Sanchez 1:23:12 43:43
Michael Davis 1:25:19 44:58
Fiddy 1:25:48 45:32
Grant Schliefer 1:26:59 45:24
David Eckardt 1:27:46 46:42
Guido Van De Velde 1:28:34 47:58
Janusz Sarnicki 1:28:49 47:08
Matthew Fisher 1:28:54 46:47
Philip Blong 1:28:58 46:44
Pedro Meraz 1:28:58 46:59
Ivan Martinez 1:29:40 48:39
Chris Musser 1:29:43 47:14
Kenyrik Alexis 1:29:48 48:50
Michael Morrell 1:29:55 47:29
Will Taylor 1:30:06 47:28
James Bickelhaupt 1:30:42 49:13
Ben Walls 1:31:10 49:37

Everyone ahead of me is running strongly and apparently someone behind is gaining on me. In the next section of the race I can definitely hear the cheers getting closer, but I don't want to increase my effort until I get to the crazy hills. Mile 16 is 6:14 due to a very steep downhill, but then it very quickly becomes difficult to maintain 7 minute pace. Mile 18 is the first one over 7 and mile 20 is also over 7. But the terrain is getting quite difficult, lots of short uphills followed by short downhills. If I'm feeling good, I can manage around 6:30 pace on this stuff in training, but my legs are pretty shot. Glancing back it looks like there are 3 people chasing me, but it was probably just the one. Mile 21 and 22 and keep it going with a 6:52 and 6:47. These miles are easier, so it's really not all that great, but I'll take it. There's another mat at mile 22! Before the race, I had mentally told myself that a sub 2:25 at mile 22 would give me confidence in the sub 3 (which was my non-negotiable pre-race goal). I actually passed it at 2:25:47, so err... uh oh... I guess. Meanwhile, the guys ahead of me are killing it.

David McWilliams 2:10:08 51:31
Juan Soto 2:18:07 56:28
Takashi Maruyama 2:19:13 57:55
Enrique Sanchez 2:20:40 57:28
Michael Davis 2:22:13 56:54
Fiddy 2:25:47 59:59
Grant Schliefer 2:26:39 59:40
Janusz Sarnicki 2:28:30 59:41
Matthew Fisher 2:29:10 60:16
Philip Blong 2:29:13 60:15
Pedro Meraz 2:29:13 60:15
David Eckardt 2:29:40 61:54
Will Taylor 2:31:14 61:08
Chris Musser 2:33:13 63:30
Guido Van De Velde 2:34:30 65:56
Kaye Starosciak 2:35:31 60:41
Michael Morrell 2:36:29 66:34
Tom Bongiorno 2:37:10 64:41
Josh Bland 2:38:02 65:03
Nathan Huselton 2:38:33 63:57
 

After this mat there's a turnaround in piedmont park that adds an extra hill. It creates a Des News style out and back that allow me to see everyone about 2minutes on either side. I can't see anyone ahead of me as they are all busy negative splitting. I do see Grant, however, who is now less than 1 minute down with 4.2 miles left. Mile 23 is the last really tough mile, and it also happens to be the toughest on the course. Starting at the lowest point on the course and ending at the highest, with an evil turnaround thrown in. I manage a 7:28 which is pretty lousy, but it's not really ruining my race based on the splits from the previos few miles. Grant makes up a ton of ground here though and it now sounds like he's about 25 seconds back, based off the volunteers who keep assuring him he can catch me. Next mile is downhill so I manage another sub 7 (6:57!). Mile 25 is fun, I pass by Allie's old workplace and then my office! Oh but it's up hill and painful and 7:10. Right at mile 25 we have a pretty hard turn and I can see Grant is right there. I find an extra gear in the last mile to hold of Grant (6:55 pace for an uphill mile).

The last mile made me think that maybe I was being kind of a wuss for miles 18-25, and this is kind of confirmed by looking at the final split. I think I would have closed much faster if any of those guys had actually caught up to me.

David McWilliams 2:34:53 24:45
Juan Soto 2:45:49 27:42
Takashi Maruyama 2:47:29 28:16
Michael Davis 2:48:53 26:40
Enrique Sanchez 2:49:49 29:09
Fiddy 2:55:47 30:00
Grant Schliefer 2:55:55 29:16
Janusz Sarnicki 2:57:33 29:03
Matthew Fisher 2:58:11 29:01
Pedro Meraz 2:58:45 29:32
Will Taylor 2:59:24 28:10
David Eckardt 3:00:04 30:24
Philip Blong 3:01:15 32:02
Kaye Starosciak 3:05:01 30:30
Chris Musser 3:05:41 32:28
Nathan Huselton 3:07:13 29:40
Tom Bongiorno 3:09:24 32:10
Guido Van De Velde 3:11:16 36:46
Michael Morrell 3:11:54 35:33
Errol Daniels 3:12:28 32:04

Mile

Time 2EG-EL Adj Pace
1-2 12:51 -36 6:28
3 6:42 -11 6:43
4 6:36 135 6:20
5 6:16 17 6:14
6 6:36 12 6:35
7 6:32 39 6:27
8 6:39 -12 6:41
9 6:22 127 6:07
10 6:41 63 6:33
11 6:44 52 6:38
12-13 13:08 79 6:29
14 6:28 22 6:25
15 6:33 0 6:33
16 6:14 3 6:14
17 6:59 -12 7:01
18 7:02 91 6:50
19 6:48 -7 6:49
20 7:11 149 6:52
21 6:46 -7 6:47
22 6:39 -79 6:49
23 7:28 301 6:49
24 6:57 32 6:53
25 7:10 94 6:58
26.2 8:27 262 6:30

 

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