First the stats:
Distance- 8.5 (8.2 Garmin)
Time- 1:06:15
Pace- 7:48 (8:05 Garmin)
Ya'know how a roller coaster is a big hill at the beginning, with a series of smaller ones that you take faster and faster? Well, this course was exactly the opposite. It starts off with a relatively easy loop, from which the 2.5 mile people go on to the finish line. Add a slightly harder loop with a more difficult hill for the 5.5 mile people. The last loop has a 150 foot, ~15% grade hill that seems to last about half a mile or so.
It was sort of neat to see both my heart rate and my pace drop as I flew down hill, though.
Anyway, I was 3rd in my Age Group, 27th Over All (out of 111). I got a neat little plaque, and everything! Number two in my AG only beat me by 30 seconds, but he was six minutes delayed on his first loop, and his form as a heck of a lot cleaner than mine. So I'm content. :)
[edit]I looked him up on runstalker.com (also known as athlinks) and saw he's run a sub-3 marathon. so I have no problem getting beat by him, even if it was in the last 30 seconds...
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Great job, sounds like a fun race!
R u planning to run the marathon with your Garmin? I was thinking of it, but sure that the signal would get lost in the tunnel and i would like to at least have an idea of pace.
I don't know how to get in touch with you other than via the Intarwebz, so I just want to say that I will be picking up my Detroit race packet on Saturday probably in the early stages of the open hours. It would be cool if we crossed paths but I have no idea how to make that happen! Either way, good luck with the marathon!!
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