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<blockquote data-quote="stevetheupsguy" data-source="post: 1429018" data-attributes="member: 9662"><p>Thanks Cosmo and C-Ups.</p><p></p><p>Thanks Austin, your advice is well received. I did warm up, especially since it was upper 40's at the start. Nutrition was spot on and wasn't super jittery at race start. The problem with running in a city with tall buildings is the intermittent GPS signal. I ran with my training partner and our first mile according to his watch was 6:32 and my watch was 5:37, LOL. I can tell you for SURE that we did NOT run a 5:37 first mile. </p><p></p><p>I normally run even splits, picking it up at the end, for some negative splits. I was fine up through the 35k mark, holding a steady 6:25 pace, when I tightened up. Looking back I now realize what happened. On one of the turns as I was following my training partner, he suddenly veered to the right because of a traffic cone. Seeing this cone at the last second, I had to hurdle it, which I think threw my back out a bit, causing me to favor my left side. I didn't feel this until mile 18, when my left glute/hamstring/foot, started talking to me. Thankfully I was able to hold on to a 7:30ish pace for the next 8 miles, to finish just over 3 hours.</p><p></p><p>Oh and btw, I ran 3:05 in 2013 NYC and 2:53 in 2013 Boston. Had I maintained pace, as my training partner did, I would have set a new personal best. He finished Chicago in 2:49!!!</p><p></p><p>Upstate, is that a "light in the loafers" reference? <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="stevetheupsguy, post: 1429018, member: 9662"] Thanks Cosmo and C-Ups. Thanks Austin, your advice is well received. I did warm up, especially since it was upper 40's at the start. Nutrition was spot on and wasn't super jittery at race start. The problem with running in a city with tall buildings is the intermittent GPS signal. I ran with my training partner and our first mile according to his watch was 6:32 and my watch was 5:37, LOL. I can tell you for SURE that we did NOT run a 5:37 first mile. I normally run even splits, picking it up at the end, for some negative splits. I was fine up through the 35k mark, holding a steady 6:25 pace, when I tightened up. Looking back I now realize what happened. On one of the turns as I was following my training partner, he suddenly veered to the right because of a traffic cone. Seeing this cone at the last second, I had to hurdle it, which I think threw my back out a bit, causing me to favor my left side. I didn't feel this until mile 18, when my left glute/hamstring/foot, started talking to me. Thankfully I was able to hold on to a 7:30ish pace for the next 8 miles, to finish just over 3 hours. Oh and btw, I ran 3:05 in 2013 NYC and 2:53 in 2013 Boston. Had I maintained pace, as my training partner did, I would have set a new personal best. He finished Chicago in 2:49!!! Upstate, is that a "light in the loafers" reference? ;) [/QUOTE]
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