Seattle Marathon, had to get up insanely early and drive into downtown Seattle. Got parked and then to the shuttle buses to the start line, then got gear checked, said good bye to Judy and headed for my starting corral, number 17. With the wave start, I hit the start line at 7:27am, about 25 minutes or so after the gun start. The first few miles I was getting into a groove, with my first splits being 9:45, 9:24, 9:56, 9:17 and 9:54. I then had a .13 mile split to get back on track with the course mile markers in 1:11 at a 9:18 pace. During the next mile I jumped into an open port-a-john for a quick bathroom break and still had a 9:30 split. The course then ran along Lake Washinging and I had splits of 9:14, 9:35, 9:30 and 9:49 as the course started out over the I-90 bridge. I then needed to take an extended bathroom break at the turn around on the bridge, about 3 minutes, and had a mile spit of 12:25, and then had another short .15 mile split in 1:21 (9:07 pace) to get back on the course markers.
We then ran through the tunnel, where I lost my GPS signal, so I ran approximately 2 miles in 20 minutes. We then met back up with the half marathon runners, and things got very crowded for the next few miles. We then split off and headed north, going through another tunnel. Splits were 9:35, 9:36, 9:28, and about 10:38 for the next mile. James and Lora were waiting for Judy and I to run by, and so I talked to James for a bit and ran with him. Had splits of 10:13, 9:50 11:19 and 9:52 on the north out and back.
At this point, I was getting pretty tired, I was 21 miles in, I knew I'd make it, but I also knew that unless I really pushed it and ran 9:00 miles the rest of the way, I wouldn't get a PR. I was pretty sure I could not do that, so I figured I'd just make it in under 4:30 and be happy. My final splits were 9:54, 11:30, 10:32, 10:49, 11:26 and then 2:32 for the final .25 miles for a 10:19 pace.
My official time was 4:27:59 for a 10:14 pace, average heart rate was 160. I finished 2389 of 5602, 1416 of 2543 men, and 271 of 438 in my age group (40-44). My splits were 30:19 at 5K, 1:00:47 at 10K, 1:27:31 at 9 mile, 2:11:39 for 1/2 Marathon, 3:05:55 at 30K and 4:01:54 at the 24 mile point. The second half was in about 2:16, so I didn't slow down that much.
Post race they didn't have all that much food and such. I rested for a while, then headed over to the finish line to meet Judy. We then headed back to James and Lora's house, showered and then headed out for tasty Pizza. Overall, a successful race!
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