Clifton 2: Boston Marathon
Well I have had some time to reflect on my race and what occurred during the race and I cannot come up with anything that really stands out as causing this blow up. Yes the race time tempatures were way higher than anything I have been training in and definitely played a major roll in the slowing of pace as the race went on. The heat did not cause my legs to be fatigued/flat/tired over the first couple miles in which did not allow me to just settle in on the pace and cruise thru the first 20 miles as I expected. It wasn't lack of sleep because I probably slept better the last couple days leading up to the race than any other race before. At the 5k & 10K we were right at pace even though it did not feel great. By mile 16 my gels didn't want to go down and my stomach was not allowing anything to come in without wanting it to come right back out! I knew at my 7 that it was not my day and just hung on as long as I could then decided not to push it to hard in the heat and injure myself or end up in the hospital.
The crowds were crazy large, loud and awsome but it just wasn't my day to race! Now it's onto recovery and figure out what to do from here! Next up a 5K with my oldest Jacob in 2 weeks.
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