In spite of my goal going into this marathon of breaking 2:50, I am still pleased with how this one played out. Although I had a relatively large positive split I performed better on the second half of this marathon than any prior. I was pleased with my fueling strategy of dextrose and emergency (now I need to figure out how to get that at other marathons). I am going to continue to try and build my endurance in hopes to take down the 2:50 monster next year at Utah Valley.
The quick detailed info: 10 mile - 1:03:33 (6:21) / 1:07:44 (6:46) / last 10k - 43:18 (6:59) 13.1 - 1:23:38 (6:23) / 1:31:04 (6:57) 5k splits - 18:59 (6:07), 21:15 (6:51), 18:53 (6:06), 19:36 (6:19), 20:47 (6:42), 21:53 (7:04), 21:38 (6:59), 21:53 (7:04) and 9:40 for the last 1.3 miles (7:26). All these times are off of my garmin in conjunction with Google Earth - the markers on the course were a mess. A 1 min 15 second PR and a 4 min plus course PR from last year.
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