Did a marathon with little to no training. Started at 8800 ft on a forest service road. It dropped 3300ft in the first 13 miles and then only 300 ft the last 13. Your hamstrings don’t recover easily from the change. Also didnt help that course markings were painted over and water station equipment stolen by vandals. 1:36 first half, 3:24 second half.
Last annual Orange Bowl Marathon, 1988. 86 degrees in January, literally a bloodbath (though IVs & puke were more common fluids). 1:45/2:30, didn’t piss for 16 hours.
first 24h 196.524 km
second 24h 56.479 km
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My race today was 1:25:10/1:37:44. I got injured a month out and didnt run much to get healthy. I should have cross trained way more
My first 10k on the track I ever ran I got absolutely blasted. Went through 1st 5k in 14:40 and then ran about 17:30 for the 2nd 5k. Winner was 29:02 in my race I believe. I didn't actually finish last. I think 3rd to last. Glad I didn't drop out, but it was super, super embarrassing getting lapped like that by so many people. I didn't expect the race to go that fast up front and I thought they would slow down. Didn't expect a negative split from the leaders.
First 5k of last summer: 5:22, 5:54, 6:04. Still won that hobbyjoggerfest.
First Marathon in my Fifties - and never run before that summer. First half
1:50
Felt fantastic - everything was smooth and easy.
At mile 14 I developed ITB issues - had never had them before. I fell twice because my left knee would just not work properly. I crashed and burned - walked it in.
Finish 5:05
So first half: 1:50
Second half: 3:15
Ironically, if I had run that marathon without the issues I would probably never have run another race. Now I have run 10 marathons and I don't know how many halves.
8.6km race, course of two 4.3km laps
The first split was 14:07
Finished in 32:10
SweetSwede wrote:
I have only run one marathon, 1:11 1:29 splits. Got crazy cramps after 30k and walked the last 2k. What is your biggest positive split?
3:02 for the first 1200 meters, 3:55 for the 1500. Ouch.