I went home devastated. DNF’d my marathon today

Im a quitter · 2022-09-11T13:12:22-04:00

Hurting by the 10k. 10 miles I was 30 sec fast for the most ideal conditions. Halfway I knew the dropout was coming. Just didn’t have the fitness today. Running 5-10sec too fast each mile. Blew my wad too soon. Made it to mile 15.5. Cut my losses and started my very slow jog back to hotel . About 20 miles total. This is around my 11th marathon and first DNF. Very early on I knew I was hurting when and where I shouldn’t. I tried to hold it together. Slowed the pace. It was a no go. I have another marathon in 4 weeks (because I’m stupid and crazy). Figured I’d save my legs in lieu of my dignity a la Rupp Boston 2018. shame me into never bailing again.

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3 years ago 09/13/2022 8:19pm EDT

re: Im a quitter

I DNF Boston one year it was my 8th marathon and third Boston I knew the course had a reasonable buildup and had run all my LR on the course. It was a warm and humid day but nothing exceptional, by Wellesley I knew I was in trouble by the time I got to the firehouse in Newton I had to walk I tried to jog up the hills but couldn't . Then I started to get dizzy and started wobble and people started coming up to me to ask if I was all right. As I went by the medical tent someone came out and tried to convince me to come in. I finally made it to the top of heartbreak where my family was waiting and then I bailed. I really wanted to keep going but was terrified I would pass-out and then all the drama would start. Still don't understand what happened

fell in love with a clown at a moron show wrote:
wiseman69 wrote:
sacrifices in your runs is a tactical decision. if dropping out is for the greater good for your running career, then it was the right choice. if it was bad and you decided to suffer for the next 10 miles, the damage would have been exponentially worse.
the ONLY times quitting is good for your career are:
-if you're a professional runner and you're not going to win, or
-if you're seriously injured and continuing would make it worse.
No hobbyjogger is saving their legs by dropping out at 15 miles. It'll save you about 3 days of recovery; it's not some heroic gesture of self-preservation.
"hurting" isn't injured. It just means you weren't willing to persevere. and now, in every marathon for the rest of your life, when it gets to the huting point, you're going to know you can quit, because you've done it before. The mental challenge in every race you ever run again just got that much harder, because you wouldn't tough it out for another hour.

when people run when hurt, usually the pain will numb and you will no longer feel it after a few miles. if it continues to hurt several miles later, then you start questioning whether or not it is becoming an injury which may put you out for weeks or months.

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