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Baltimore Marathon!

First marathon. Started that the corner of the Orioles Baseball Stadium, then went through Baltimore downtown up to the Baltimore Zoo, back downtown and around the inner Harbour, back to the downtown area before heading back through the Orioles stadium to finish at the Baltimore Ravens stadium. The course was pretty challenging, with the first 5-8 miles being uphill, before flattening out for about 6 miles before going uphill again. Between mile 16 and 25 it was very hilly.

Right calf was still sore, however was ok for first3-4 miles. Started race with the 3hr 30 pace group. Stayed with them until about mile 4 while I worked out how the calf would be. Felt ok, so increased my pace. The up and down hills made the calf twinge, but managed to run through the pain. At mile 6 water stop, I slowed down to drink some water, the change in pace made my calf twinge. It was pretty painful, so stopped to try and stretch it out. Decided I would have to not dramatically change pace again if possible as that seemed to cause the calf to hurt more! Managed to get going ok and run through the pain, and it eventually eased off. Managed to catch the 3he 20 pace group about mile 10. At the half marathon point, passed all the half marathon runners waiting to start. They effectively ran the second half of the marathon, although the first 3 miles of thir race was on a parallel road. The two races merged at mile 16. The merge was handled well, with it occurring over a 1 mile section. The final hills started at mile 16 also. It was here my legs were getting tired. I lost the 3.20 pace group, and had to work to try and keep ahead of the 3.30 time. The last 6 miles were tough, not helped by the wind picking up, causing a wind tunel effect, especially through the downtown areas. The end of the race was pretty cool, running through the Orioles Stadium. Andy, Jenni, Paul and James were about 400m from the finish!

It was a well organized race, although ptty tough! Amie and Loopy ran the half marathon.

Split Summary

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1) - 1m - 8:15(8:15/m) - 154bpm avge - 161bpm max - 129cal

2) - 1m - 7:49(7:49/m) - 159bpm avge - 165bpm max - 127cal

3) - 1m - 7:46(7:46/m) - 164bpm avge - 170bpm max - 131cal

4) - 1m - 7:20(7:20/m) - 163bpm avge - 173bpm max - 122cal

5) - 1m - 6:57(6:57/m) - 169bpm avge - 177bpm max - 121cal

6) - 1m - 7:07(7:07/m) - 171bpm avge - 179bpm max - 127cal

7) - 1m - 7:59(7:59/m) - 165bpm avge - 175bpm max - 134cal

8) - 1m - 7:15(7:15/m) - 170bpm avge - 179bpm max - 127cal

9) - 1m - 6:50(6:50/m) - 174bpm avge - 179bpm max - 124cal

10) - 1m - 7:24(7:24/m) - 175bpm avge - 179bpm max - 134cal

11) - 1m - 7:27(7:27/m) - 174bpm avge - 180bpm max - 134cal

12) - 1m - 7:32(7:32/m) - 173bpm avge - 179bpm max - 134cal

13) - 1m - 7:36(7:36/m) - 175bpm avge - 180bpm max - 138cal

14) - 1m - 7:29(7:29/m) - 175bpm avge - 179bpm max - 135cal

15) - 1m - 7:33(7:33/m) - 175bpm avge - 181bpm max - 137cal

16) - 1m - 7:58(7:58/m) - 178bpm avge - 180bpm max - 148cal

17) - 1m - 8:03(8:03/m) - 176bpm avge - 181bpm max - 148cal

18) - 1m - 8:24(8:24/m) - 175bpm avge - 184bpm max - 152cal

19) - 1m - 8:41(8:41/m) - 175bpm avge - 179bpm max - 156cal

20) - 1m - 8:49(8:49/m) - 173bpm avge - 184bpm max - 153cal

21) - 1m - 8:36(8:36/m) - 169bpm avge - 177bpm max - 139cal

22) - 1m - 9:05(9:05/m) - 173bpm avge - 176bpm max - 160cal

23) - 1m - 8:27(8:27/m) - 172bpm avge - 180bpm max - 145cal

24) - 1m - 8:06(8:06/m) - 171bpm avge - 178bpm max - 136cal

25) - 1m - 9:08(9:08/m) - 171bpm avge - 177bpm max - 153cal

26) - 1m - 8:15(8:15/m) - 171bpm avge - 180bpm max - 137cal

27) - 0.42m - 2:57(7:07/m) - 181bpm avge - 189bpm max - 55cal

Heart Rate Zone Summary

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HR Zone: undefined: 100%

Pace Zone Summary

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Pace Zone: 6:00-6:19/mile: 1.8%

Pace Zone: 6:20-6:39/mile: 3.5%

Pace Zone: 6:40-6:59/mile: 6.2%

Pace Zone: 7:00-7:19/mile: 11.8%

Pace Zone: 7:20-7:39/mile: 16.8%

Pace Zone: 7:40-7:59/mile: 16%

Pace Zone: 8:00-8:19/mile: 11%

Pace Zone: 8:20-8:39/mile: 8.3%

Pace Zone: 8:40-8:59/mile: 6.6%

Pace Zone: 9:00-9:19/mile: 4.2%

Pace Zone: 9:20-9:39/mile: 4.3%

Pace Zone: 9:40-9:59/mile: 2.6%

Pace Zone: 10:00-10:19/mile: 1.3%