Here is a quick summary, more to come tomorrow. I wanted to break 3 hours today. I held a consistant pace around 6:47 through 21 miles and was about 90 seconds ahead of goal pace. I hit the wall during the last 5 and my miles got slower and slower. Still a PR by a little over 2 minutes, but it is frustrating. I felt like I made a lot of progress this year in training and to only take 2 minutes off my PR doesn't seem to do the effort this year justice. Here are the splits: 5k - 20:56 (6:45 pace), the garmin went haywire during the underpass sections of the course so the mile splits were not accurate Starting at mile 4 (6:41, 6:41, 6:48, 6:38, 6:40, 6:45, 6:51, 6:42). I ran the first 11 or so miles with the 3 hr pace group. Looking back, this was too fast for me. Miles 12 - 26 (6:45, 6:45, 6:22, 6:44, 6:47, 6:48, 6:52, 6:52, 6:54, 7:01, 6:57, 7:11, 7:14, 7:35, 7:50, 6:58 (final .2)) Mile 14 @ 6:22 was right after I saw my wife in the crowd and got a little too pumped up. The 3 hr pace group caught back up to me right at the 23 mile mark. I heard the pace leader say alright only 5k to go, but I knew I was spent at that point. There are a few things I will learn from this time: 1. My diet wasn't great the final month of training and I ended up about 5 lbs over my planned weight (175 vs 170). 2. I think I over tapered. This was due in part to a foot injury I sustained either during the half marathon about a month ago or during the yasso 800s I ran 2 weeks before the race. I was happy my foot held up during the race. 3. Every second under goal pace during the first 20 miles adds up and leads to a crash during the last 10k. | 