AT&T race report

Good:

• Parking at my building for free, warming up in my gym, and popping out of my building 5 minutes before the gun went off
• Finding friends at the start and running the first few miles with them
• Meeting Lindy for miles 14-20
• Chad's tailgate at mile 18 or so - next year, I'm definitely stopping for a mimosa
• Running the last couple of blocks with Jillian
• Post race canneloni - Cassie made it from scratch
• I feel better after this marathon than I did after last year's
• after getting home and having eaten, the scale said 243. Haven't seen 243 in over 5 years.
  

Not as good:

• 7 minutes slower than last year. This sucks the big one because I trained way harder this year.
  
• slow death over time....started out great, but got slower and slower and slower
• headache starting at mile 15
  
• survival shuffle from mile 20 on
• seeing the 4:15 group pass by, then the 4:30 group....shit, almost got passed by 4:45

Takeaways

• Eat more the last two weeks before the race. Don't try to lose weight.
• Get real about what pace you can actually hold for 26 miles. I don't think its in the 9's even on a good day.
• It was a tough day for a lot of folks.

Goals for Big Sur

• Run the last 10K faster than the previous 20 miles