well. it's over. after 3:26:53 of running i crossed the finish line in 48th place [15th male] in front of ~4900 other runners @ the [nike womon's marathon] in san francisco. yes, marathons should be more about running your own race [unless you're an elite], but given how far off my marathon PR time of 3:07:53, and my eventual target of sub 3:00:00, i'm relatively pleased with the results- especially given the sprinkling of a few brutal hills throughout the course.
next up is the seattle marathon. i'm a bit worried about the training because of how long it's taking me to recover from the beating my legs took flying down the hills. i managed to get back into my training after 2 days of rest, but am a little worried about my 21-miler this next weekend. i started brainstorming excuses to justify skipping it a few miles into my 15-mile run yesterday, the biggest one being that it feels like i'm developing shin splints, but... i just know i won't feel right about going into seattle with so much down time [6 weeks] between a 20+ mile run.
ideally, with the 5 weekends between marathons the long run mileage ramp i plan on following is 10>15>20 [or 21]>15>10> the marathon. i suppose i can always ease back a bit on the mileage over the next few days, in hopes that that will be enough, but we'll see...
erg. marathon training is quite a complex beast.
... patenaude
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