Jersey Shore Race Report

[Anonymous]

I’m happy to say I finally ran a descent marathon. 3rd overall in 2:46:19. This is a five minute PR for me but I’ll admit my previous marathon PR was soft.

here are most of my splits by mile

1 – 6:17

2 – 6:18

3 – 6:16

4 – 5:55

5 – 6:02

6 – 6:06

7 – 6:09

8 – 6:10

9 – 6:17

10 – 6:15 1:01:45

11 – 6:04

12 – 6:13

13 – 6:12 – first half in 1:21

14 – 6:13

15 – 6:19

16 – 6:14

17 – 6:19

18 – 6:11

19 – 6:20

20 – 6:23 2:04:13

21 – ?

22 – ?

23 – 6:38

24 – 6:43

25 – 6:48

26 – 6:56

.2 – 1:44

Started out according to plan except for miles 4 and 5 but pulled it back together. Felt pretty stong through 21-22 miles and hung on from there.

I was in either 5th or 6th for most of the race. Was passed by the 2nd place finisher at around 18 miles. I passed #’s 4,5 and 6 between 22 and 25 miles. Winner ran 2:33, second place was 2:41.

Overall can’t complain about the conditions. There was a pretty nasty cross wind and minor head wind for parts of the race but temps were ideal at around 45-52 degrees.

Thanks for all the great advice and support leading up.

[ZekeMember]

Great job, Steve. Thanks for sharing. Was that last 10k into the wind? Even though you slowed, you were still able to catch a few guys.

[Anonymous]

Congrads! that is awesome to break 2:50 in a big way! fun to see your race report very motivating!

Woody

[randysMember]

It sounds like your race qualifies as a ‘descent marathon’!

Great Job. A 5 minute PR is super. Too bad about the wind. To finish in the top 3 must have felt great.

Randy

[Anonymous]

Zeke wrote:

Great job, Steve. Thanks for sharing. Was that last 10k into the wind? Even though you slowed, you were still able to catch a few guys.

These were slower due to the wind but mostly because I was struggling. I had to dig down and it helped that I had someone right on my A__. Fortunately, I was struggling less than the guys I passed. The guys I passed ran pretty significant positive splits. The guy who won ran with me for the first six miles and then took off. I bet he ran the 2nd half 5 minutes faster. The guy in second ran slightly negative splits and a strong tactical race. I was 1:21, 1:25. One guy flew out of the gates and lead for at least the first half. I thought he was either going under 2:20 or would crash. He crashed pretty hard. I was surprised to see runners at the end. I ran pretty much solo from 6-22 except for the guy who passed me at 18. The race had a turn around at 21 so I knew exactly what I was up against which was nice.

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