Another great race at Rocket City Marathon 2009. This was my 10th official marathon and 6th consecutive RCM. It's nice to have a well run event like this so close to home.
Once again I had the honor to run along side friend and fellow blogger Eric S. Our race plan was to run at 6:45 pace thru 20 miles then see what we could do for the last 10K. I lasted thru 21 miles at goal pace then struggled over the final miles, while Eric stayed strong and on pace. Last year I ran a 2:59:01 and I knew in the back of my mind that I wasn't trained up to repeat that due to the two ultras that I ran in Nov.
I always go into my major races with three goals in mind. In this case; 1)PR(-2:57), 2) Sub 3, and 3) +/-3:05. At 21 miles I knew goal 1 was gone and as I trudge thru the next 2 miles I realized goal two was not gonna happen. Doing the calculations and digging down to pull myself out of my bad patch I knew Goal 3 was attainable.
It was great to have Kelly and my daughter Lily as well as a lot of freinds there cheering me on
This was Race 2 of the Fleet Feet Grand Slam. Next up: Recover from the Holidays FA 50K on the 31st. | 