SFBayDuck
Footballguy
Great report, and way to gut it out (pun intended). This thread sure is great for some extrinsic motivation when you need a little extra, isn't it? Congrats again, that's a really solid marathon debut, particularly with the struggles you encountered.After the water station at the halfway mark I had a serious inner-battle, quit and know it wasn't your day, or try and suffer through it. I chose the latter because I couldn't live with myself if I would've quit. I went to some awful place during miles 13-20. I imagined Hang10 and Gruced saying, "we told you so." I thought about Juxt and his recent marathon. I thought about Nugget and his PR mile. But honestly, most of all, I thought about what Duck must have went through. I also realized my struggles were do to my inexperience of running. I don't know my body well enough to hold a pace without my watch. I think this is mainly due to my incredibly inconsistent running. Some days I can run at 7:30 pace in my aerobic zone for 13-15 miles and others I can't sniff 7:30 without approaching my LT.
Next time, more rice. For my first 100M I made up two sheet pans worth of homemade blueberry chocolate and coconut rice cakes . They were delicious and amazing, and my crew carried those things through the Siskyou Mountains of southern Oregon for 31 hours. And I think I ate two of them - one for breakfast and one at the first aid station.