So I made it to the Flying Pig Marathon this weekend and did another podcast from the course. I’ll write a race report regarding why, how and all the other lessons soon. And I’ll try and get the audio edited and the podcast up later this week. For now here are the stats:

One note - they had a fire on the course and had to change the route around mile 20. I don’t really know how that changed the splits.. but it is a part of the info I guess. (If nothing else it gives us all a “I had to run a marathon that was ‘x’ longer once” story).

lap 1 - 1.02 miles / 7:48 / 7:39 pace / 170 bpm
lap 2 - 0.94 miles / 7:02 / 7:32 pace / 164 bpm
lap 3 - 1.09 miles / 8:12 / 7:32 pace / 164 bpm
lap 4 - 1.01 miles / 7:12 / 7:08 pace / 163 bpm
lap 5 - 1.01 miles / 7:39 / 7:34 pace / 166 bpm
lap 6 - 1.03 miles / 7:49 / 7:36 pace / 161 bpm
lap 7 - 1.01 miles / 8:31 / 8:28 pace / 165 bpm
lap 8 - 1.01 miles / 7:57 / 7:52 pace / 166 bpm
lap 9 - 1.01 miles / 7:41 / 7:38 pace / 164 bpm
lap 10 - 1.02 miles / 7:16 / 7:10 pace / 164 bpm
lap 11 - 1.00 miles / 7:09 / 7:09 pace / 163 bpm
lap 12 - 1.04 miles / 7:45 / 7:30 pace / 164 bpm
lap 13 - 1.02 miles / 7:24 / 7:16 pace / 169 bpm
lap 14 - 1.01 miles / 7:13 / 7:09 pace / 170 bpm
lap 15 - 1.01 miles / 7:10 / 7:06 pace / 171 bpm
lap 16 - 2.02 miles / 15:04 / 7:29 pace / 171 bpm * missed lap
lap 17 - 0.98 miles / 7:16 / 7:25 pace / 174 bpm
lap 18 - 1.05 miles / 7:50 / 7:28 pace / 170 bpm
lap 19 - 0.98 miles / 7:33 / 7:43 pace / 175 bpm
lap 20 - 1.01 miles / 7:51 / 7:46 pace / 175 bpm
lap 21 - 1.01 miles / 7:37 / 7:31 pace / 174 bpm
lap 22 - 1.04 miles / 7:50 / 7:33 pace / 178 bpm
lap 23 - 1.03 miles / 7:34 / 7:24 pace / 180 bpm
lap 24 - 1.02 miles / 7:46 / 7:39 pace / 181 bpm
lap 25 - 1.22 miles / 8:50 / 7:15 pace / 183 bpm
lap 26 - 0.23 miles / 1:33 / 6:47 pace / 191 bpm

Race Result Splits:
6.8 - 53:16
12 - 1:32:52
13.1 - 1:40:16
19.7 - 2:28:36
25.2 - 3:13:35
26.2 - 3:20:40

Other Notes:
1. I walked every aid station but the very last one (wanted to go for 3:20). I used a mixture of 20 second and 30 second walk breaks. To learn more about this, you’ll have to check out the podcast. It is something that I mentioned several times.

2. I actually negative split a marathon! This is a first time… well…. I ran 1:40:16 the first half and 3:20:40 for the marathon. I guess this is the “if only” story I get to tell about this marathon. If the marathon was only 26.2 miles and not 26.x miles, it would have been a negative split - right?

Workout:

  • Type: Run
  • Date: 05/04/2008
  • Total Time: 3:20:40.00
  • Average Heart rate: 170
  • Max Heart rate: 193
  • Calories: 3120
  • Distance: 26.8 miles
  • Average Pace: 7:29.44/mile