Mad City Marathon
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themutt posted 2 years ago.
Congrats RV - another one down! How does this marathon fit in to your tri race plans? Ironman race coming up?
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PJT posted 2 years ago.
Congrats on a nice run.
I was in Madison doing some recon on the IM course. That heat was especially brutal over the weekend b/c the weather changed so fast from freezing 2 weeks ago to 90 and humid on Sunday.
As far as the course distance goes, were you taking every corner as tightly as possible? I believe that's how they measure the course, so if you weren't you could go a few ticks over 26.2 that way.
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RV posted 2 years ago.
themutt wrote:
Congrats RV - another one down! How does this marathon fit in to your tri race plans? Ironman race coming up?
Thanks - I really did this marathon to become familiar with running in the area. I am doing IMWI there in Madison in a little over 102 days.
And this course does use parts of the IM course. It was a little hillier than I thought. No real hills just some long inclines. So running this on no taper and after some heavy biking the days prior - was a real confidence boost. Also good that it was in the heat - unfortunately I somehow managed to drop my Enduralytes on course right after the halfway point. But the legs feel really good. Did an easy 35 min run this morning and they felt really strong. Must have been the chocolate milk for recovery.:)
RV
It takes a long time to get good. - Scott Molina
Slow is smooth; smooth is fast. - Rich Strauss
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RV posted 2 years ago.
PJT wrote:
Congrats on a nice run.I was in Madison doing some recon on the IM course. That heat was especially brutal over the weekend b/c the weather changed so fast from freezing 2 weeks ago to 90 and humid on Sunday.
As far as the course distance goes, were you taking every corner as tightly as possible? I believe that's how they measure the course, so if you weren't you could go a few ticks over 26.2 that way.
Ya, I would expect to be off a tenth or two, but a mile seemed a bit much. And I didn't run that far into the woods for the nature calls!
I read your update on the course - thanks for posting that. I will be riding there on the 17'th with a group from TriWisconsin.
Glad that the heat went up - have a Sprint in Lake Mills this Sunday and this should get the water to a reasonable temp.
RV
It takes a long time to get good. - Scott Molina
Slow is smooth; smooth is fast. - Rich Strauss
Anyone else do this one?
I used it simply as a training run. I did not train specifically for it, nor did I taper for it. Just did my normal IM training. The only change was to move my Thursday long run to Sunday. Had a my long bike/brick on Friday and a shorter one on Sat.
So I planned to run at an easy pace - a 4:20 marathon.
At the race I saw they had a pace team, so I tagged along with the 4:20 group.
The race started fine, other than being quite warm at the start 75+. Got to 90 by the end. Nothing eventful. At 15 miles the group was down from over twenty to 2. Myself and the pace leader. We were still right on pace. However, at mile 17 he told me that he was struggling and by mile 18 he sent me on my own. Things continued on fine until around mile 24 - became a bit of a struggle. Then less than a quarter mile after mile marker 25 - my Garmin Forerunner 301 indicated that I had completed the marathon! :eek:
I pushed myself through the final mile. Was happy that I ran the entire distance. According to my GPS I completed 26.2 in 4:11 and 27.21 in 4:21. So not quite sure what to think - My GPS has been very accurate. I did send an e-mail to the race director...
Ah dwell - everything feels pretty good following the race.
RV
It takes a long time to get good. - Scott Molina
Slow is smooth; smooth is fast. - Rich Strauss