{"id":2322,"date":"2013-10-07T08:18:36","date_gmt":"2013-10-07T12:18:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moorezilla.com\/blog\/?p=2322"},"modified":"2013-10-17T09:16:01","modified_gmt":"2013-10-17T13:16:01","slug":"2013-maine-marathon-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moorezilla.com\/blog\/2013-maine-marathon-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"2013 Maine Marathon"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2334\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2334\" style=\"width: 265px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moorezilla.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/3896.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2334   \" alt=\"Wheels still on!\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moorezilla.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/3896.jpg\" width=\"275\" height=\"416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moorezilla.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/3896.jpg 425w, https:\/\/www.moorezilla.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/3896-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2334\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wheels still on!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Completed first marathon (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.coolrunning.com\/results\/13\/me\/Oct6_MaineM_set1.shtml\">Maine Marathon<\/a>) on October 6 in 3 hours 22 minutes. Beat realistic goal of 3:30, but fell short of reach goal of 3:15 needed to minimally qualify for Boston Marathon in my age group.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Marathon Notes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Support was HUGE! If my family had not been along the route during the last six miles, I might have finished at a leisurely <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lonesome_George\">Lonesome George<\/a> shuffle step, or have ditched my bib, pulled off the course and pretended to be a water-stop worker (&#8220;you can do it! almost there!.. &#8221; I know the lines now, you liquid-pimping sadists!) until the volunteer shuttle came. Emily ran with me for a good chunk of the last mile, which was great. I anticipated being able to summon more of a conquering Caesar finish with a sprint at the end, but in true October\/Halloween month marathon style, I crossed the finish line like a walking-dead zombie.<\/li>\n<li>Well-run race&#8230; on the organizers&#8217; part. Good swag bag, GREAT shirt this year, easy to get to start\/finish line, and a very nice touch by not firing a gun at the start in respect for what happened at the Boston Marathon in 2013. A little air horn went off and then the race organizer just walked up to the front of the corral and said, &#8220;go&#8230; GO DAMN IT! I started the clock! Go! RUN!&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2337\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2337\" style=\"width: 258px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moorezilla.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/2231.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2337  \" alt=\"Take that, Apolo Ohno!\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moorezilla.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/2231.jpg\" width=\"268\" height=\"404\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2337\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Take that, Apolo Ohno!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Marathons have time to catch up to me. I made the turn (out and back course) at 1:32, felt great, and didn&#8217;t finish until 3:22. Virtually <em><strong>ALL<\/strong><\/em> of the added time in the second half came in the last six miles. At the turn I was thinking, &#8220;if I&#8217;m close at mile twenty, I&#8217;ll go for 3:10 this time, and then go for sub-3 hours next time.&#8221; Idiot. Moron. Tragically-flawed getting-ahead of one&#8217;s self simpleton. The last six miles were a series of pace-exploding, have-to-stop-and-stretch-omfg-forrest-gump-something-bit-me leg cramps and I was thinking, &#8220;I&#8217;m standing in the middle of the road with less than a Chatham Harbor Run to go and I&#8217;ll be lucky to beat Oprah&#8217;s marathon time&#8230; or Al Gore&#8217;s marathon time&#8230; or Al Roker&#8217;s marathon time (although he might be still running).&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Hydration and nutrition are legitimate factors. I haven&#8217;t run into leg cramps at distances up to the half marathon, but even on a cool, autumn Maine day, the marathon distance shut down both legs. I carried my own Gatorade in a nifty <a href=\"http:\/\/www.orangemud.com\/collections\/running-packs\/products\/hydraquiver\" target=\"_blank\">Orange Mud mini pack<\/a> and consumed approximately 18 ounces. Apparently this is not enough, or I didn&#8217;t drink it early enough. Along with the Gatorade, I ate six Cliff Margarita chews &#8220;with 3x the salt,&#8221; and four Endurolyte capsules. I may pack a pizza and a growler of beer next time&#8230; or push an IV stand&#8230; or at least switch back to Gu&#8217;s.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alchemistbeer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Heady Topper<\/a> is the best beer I have ever had (put &#8220;Hints of grapefruit belong in an IPA, damn it!&#8221; on my gravestone), and I&#8217;m designating it my officially official celebratory libation for marathon PR&#8217;s, BQ&#8217;s, and maybe even DNFs. Hard to find beer, you say? Yep. Almost as hard to find as this particular Andy in a marathon, since I&#8217;m currently averaging 1 marathon every 41 years.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Running Goals for 2014:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Qualify for Boston 2015 (3:15 for lottery, probably 3:12ish to realistically get in).<\/li>\n<li>Sub 3 hour marathon in Fall.<\/li>\n<li>Sub 39 minute 10k.<\/li>\n<li>Sub 1:25 half marathon.<\/li>\n<li>Perfect alchemy of electrolytes, fluid, food that allows me to hide what&#8217;s going on from my leg muscles.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>First Marathon by Mile Splits (reality by Garmin!):<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mile 1 &#8211; 6:50<\/li>\n<li>Mile 2 &#8211; 6:54<\/li>\n<li>Mile 3 &#8211; 7:04<\/li>\n<li>Mile 4 &#8211; 6:50<\/li>\n<li>Mile 5 &#8211; 7:00<\/li>\n<li>Mile 6 &#8211; 6:55<\/li>\n<li>Mile 7 &#8211; 7:10<\/li>\n<li>Mile 8 &#8211; 7:15<\/li>\n<li>Mile 9 &#8211; 7:09<\/li>\n<li>Mile 10 &#8211; 7:20<\/li>\n<li>Mile 11 &#8211; 6:54<\/li>\n<li>Mile 12 &#8211; 7:11<\/li>\n<li>Mile 13 &#8211; 6:59 (delusions of still making reach goal)<\/li>\n<li>Mile 14 &#8211; 7:12 (no worries!)<\/li>\n<li>Mile 15 &#8211; 7:31 (hilly&#8230; no panic!)<\/li>\n<li>Mile 16 &#8211; 7:16 (got this easy!)<\/li>\n<li>Mile 17 &#8211; 7:38 (angry face, but doing fine!)<\/li>\n<li>Mile 18 &#8211; 7:33 (hold it to 20&#8230; got this!)<\/li>\n<li>Mile 19 &#8211; 7:31 (Nice&#8230; I&#8217;ll take this pace to the house!)<\/li>\n<li>Mile 20 &#8211; 7:30 (Only a 10k left&#8230; nice!)<\/li>\n<li>Mile 21 &#8211; 8:30 (first leg cramp&#8230; wtf! Eat and drink everything left on my person&#8230; lick visible salt!)<\/li>\n<li>Mile 22 &#8211; 9:58 (despair&#8230; train wreck mile&#8230; multiple locked up leg cramp stops.)<\/li>\n<li>Mile 23 &#8211; 8:44 (baby rally&#8230; still can make up some time&#8230; finish this thing strong!)<\/li>\n<li>Mile 24 &#8211; 9:44 (more leg cramps&#8230; despair&#8230; I hate Maine!)<\/li>\n<li>Mile 25 &#8211; 8:20 (family witnesses&#8230; baby rally&#8230; or hallucinations)<\/li>\n<li>Mile 26.2 &#8211; Approx. 10 mins (forgot to stop watch at finish line&#8230; again!)<\/li>\n<li>Average mile: 7:43 \/ Final time: 3:22:03<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Completed first marathon (Maine Marathon) on October 6 in 3 hours 22 minutes. Beat realistic goal of 3:30, but fell short of reach goal of 3:15 needed to minimally qualify for Boston Marathon in my age group. Marathon Notes: Support was HUGE! If my family had not been along the route during the last six &#8230; <a title=\"2013 Maine Marathon\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.moorezilla.com\/blog\/2013-maine-marathon-recap\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about 2013 Maine Marathon\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[140,141,139],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathons","category-masochism","category-running"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moorezilla.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moorezilla.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moorezilla.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moorezilla.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moorezilla.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2322"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.moorezilla.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2322\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2344,"href":"https:\/\/www.moorezilla.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2322\/revisions\/2344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moorezilla.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moorezilla.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moorezilla.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}