The short storyIt was a great day. I felt reasonable good, never hit the wall, and finished strong. Given the issues I've had this winter, I was pleased with my time. My official time was 3:16:48. I'll be going back to BayState to work on my PR. ;)
Water stop woes
It's no secret that water stops and I don't get along. It's embarrassing really. I can't run and drink water from an open cup. Why oh why can't I drink and run at the same time!
Since training wasn't awesome this winter and I didn't find a hydration belt that I liked, I decided to run belt-less. It was a good opportunity to learn to drink from a cup while running. I mean, there are like 25 water stops, I was bound to pick up the skill along the way, right?
Here's what happened as I ran through water stops:
- Water stop 1: Grab a cup of water, throw water in face...nope that's not how you drink and run at the same time. Moving on...
- Water stop 2: Grab a cup of water, squeeze cup to a point, get a few drips in mouth, throw rest of water up nose. Still learning obviously...
- Water stop 3: Grab cup of water, squeeze cup to a point, get more in mouth...nice. Choke as swallowing. Oops.
- Water stop 4: Grab cup of water, curse because it's only half full, but get all the water in mouth! Too much to swallow at once though....Choke again
- Water stop 5: Grab water, empty some out, make the spout, drink the water in smaller sips!!!! Nice.
- Water stops 6, 7, 8, 9, 10....as my daughter would say "easy peasy". I got this running and drinking water thing down!
- Water stop 11: Grab a cup of Gatorade by mistake...gross.
- Water stop 12: Grab a cup of water, throw water up nose again...guess I shouldn't have gotten so cocky.
- Many water stops go by uneventful, then somewhere late in the race...Grab a cup of water, and almost ram into someone who seemed to take the term "water stop" literally. This was a common occurrence the last few miles. Runners would grab a cup and simply stop running right then and there. Then I had to become accomplished at running, drinking, AND dodging. Who am I kidding...I didn't dodge very well, but it's fair to say that I can now drink water and run at the same time.
Best part of the race
Running by the Wellesly girls. There were lots of high fives, and crazy screaming, and one runner dude yelled out, "Woo hoo! New PR! 7 kisses!" It was awesome. Trust me...
Worst part of the race
Technically it happened before the race, but I'm about 99% positive that I got peed on in the starting corral. To the gentlemen who pee in starting corrals...just because you can, doesn't mean you should. If the fairer sex can hold it, then so can you. (This happened to me last year too.) Ew. Enough said.
Splits & Stats
Net Time 3:16:48
Overall 5655/31931 (This makes me feel like I at least earned my 7000 bib number.)
In Gender 700/14356 (Female)
In Division 563/6979 (F18-39 Age Group)
Split
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Time
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Distance
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Avg Pace
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|---|---|---|---|
| Summary | 3:16:49.4 | 26.15 | 7:32 |
| 1 | 7:22.8 | 1.00 | 7:23 |
| 2 | 7:08.3 | 1.00 | 7:08 |
| 3 | 7:10.0 | 1.00 | 7:10 |
| 4 | 7:19.9 | 1.00 | 7:20 |
| 5 | 7:28.2 | 1.00 | 7:28 |
| 6 | 7:15.2 | 1.00 | 7:15 |
| 7 | 7:11.5 | 1.00 | 7:11 |
| 8 | 7:17.6 | 1.00 | 7:18 |
| 9 | 7:14.2 | 1.00 | 7:14 |
| 10 | 7:25.2 | 1.00 | 7:25 |
| 11 | 7:20.6 | 1.00 | 7:21 |
| 12 | 7:27.7 | 1.00 | 7:28 |
| 13 | 7:24.7 | 1.00 | 7:25 |
| 14 | 7:28.6 | 1.00 | 7:29 |
| 15 | 7:31.7 | 1.00 | 7:32 |
| 16 | 7:16.9 | 1.00 | 7:17 |
| 17 | 7:32.2 | 1.00 | 7:32 |
| 18 | 7:43.6 | 1.00 | 7:44 |
| 19 | 7:41.3 | 1.00 | 7:41 |
| 20 | 7:57.4 | 1.00 | 7:57 |
| 21 | 8:16.3 | 1.00 | 8:16 |
| 22 | 8:03.0 | 1.00 | 8:03 |
| 23 | 8:09.9 | 1.00 | 8:10 |
| 24 | 7:14.7 | 1.00 | 7:15 |
| 25 | 8:14.9 | 1.00 | 8:15 |
| 26 | 7:37.6 | 1.00 | 7:38 |
| 27 | :55.2 | 0.15 | 6:04 |
And...that's all I have! I hope you had a great day too!
