So I have been dredding writing this. The marathon ate my lunch and spat me out. Felt good through 16 started to tire at 18-19 range but at 21 I threw up right after the aid station. I immediately started cramping and well I have nothing but blurry memories of the last three miles. I came to in the med tent with an IV getting put in my arm. Not the best day but big props to the med staff and Collin for helping meatthe end of the race. I will write a more detailed report from the house tonight. This race has lit quite the fire in me. I will be back and better prepared! ---- Alright so here is the full write up only a few days later. Picked up Riley and met Jason at the bus pick-up. The three of us rode up together on the bus. Once up there we hit the bathrooms and went to go find a seat. Then we got kicked out of our seat because we were too close to the gun range. We then watched this grouchy old man yell at anyone who got close to the range. It kept us calm and helped pass the time. It started to rain hard just as we were getting lined up for the start of the race. When the gun went off a group of us settled into a pace. I found mine quickly. I wanted to be between 1:16:30 and 1:17 for the half. Miles 1-4 were 5:43 5:49 5:52 5:46 Miles 5-6 are uphill and I wanted to make sure I worked them but the same effort as the first 4 miles 6:01 6:09 I was running solo chasing a couple single guys in front of me with a couple guys about 30 meters back Miles 7-11 are the last of the significant downhill so again I tried to stay in my rhythm 5:38 5:39 5:43 (after this mile my watch was so far off of the course markers I did a split when I went through the marker so I had an additional 32 seconds here) 5:43 5:43 The course flattens out here and it is a non-noticeable downhill all the way to the finish I hit the halfway point very comfortably Miles 12-13 5:48 5:50 my half time was 1:16:37 right where I wanted to be and I was feeling damn good. I started to think about picking up the pace, but decided against it because the course flattened out. Miles 14-17 felt ok 5:52 5:55 5:55 5:58 Mile 18 is where I started to feel it but I told myself, “This is a marathon and you’re gonna feel tired at 18 miles but you have done lots of 8 mile builders you can finish this race.” I slowed a touch because I started to have to weave through half marathoner and I was fatiguing but kept at it for Miles 18-21 but my stomach started to feel funny 6:10 6:16 6:16 6:16. To try and calm my stomach I got some water at the mile 21 aid station. I choked on it and then started to throw up. I threw up everything I had taken in to that point in the race. This is where things started to go downhill quickly. Mile 22 with puking was 6:46 Mile 23 I started to cramp (dehydration) 6:45. This is where the race gets really blurry for me. I don’t have a ton of memories from it other than telling myself unless my legs completely cramped and I couldn’t take another step I was going to finish. My total time for the last 3.2 miles was 25:20 which is 7:55 pace. I vaguely remember finishing. I came to when I was being stabbed with an IV. The medical staff was amazing. They calmed me down explained what was going on. It also help that Collin Andersen was there to talk to me and then he went and found Riley and Jason to get my bag as I had started to shiver badly. After two full IV bags I felt good enough to stand. With Collin’s help we walked over to the Elite tent and met Riley with my clothes. I drank another 3 quarts of fluids after the race and still didn’t have to pee until almost 2 o’clock. I was really proud of all of the FRB guys and gals at the race. Way to represent. FRBloggers won 4 of the 6 races and in the Men’s marathon took 5 of the top 7 places and 7 of the top 14. Special thanks to Collin for helping me after the race when I know you were tired having had a huge PR and a huge congrats to my fellow Ogden Crew members Riley and Jason for going 1-2 and PRing on a slower course in tougher weather. On to the next, I am already feeling miles better as I write this on Wednesday. Next big race on the schedule is Salt Lake Marathon! See you in April. | 