Congrats to Jake with a new PR and to Nate for running a solid 2:23.
The picture below and the splits basically tell the story for me. I was in good shape going in, better than before SGM, but it turned out to be probably my worst marathon ever. Bonked extremely hard at mile 19ish and dizzyly wobbled and walked my way in. I was happy to see the finish, to say the least :) I felt pretty numb by mile 18 so I couldn't tell if nutrition or just the cold was the issue.
First half with Nate & Jake 1:09:31 (5:18 pace), felt ok
Miles 14 to 20 (5:16,5:18,5:16,5:19,5:30,5:32,5:38)
Here is where it gets good: 6:05, 6:16, 6:50, 7:43, 8:00, 7:53. I figured I was running 10 minute miles at the end so this actually isn't as bad as I thought. It's also good to see that I negative split that last mile as compared to mile 25. That's always a good sign.
I think the only thing I want to remember about this race is the few people saying I looked great at mile 23.
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