Sunday, November 21, 2010

Marathon #13 (state #4): Philadelphia Marathon, PA

4:04 finish, 4175/8917 place overall. Reluctant to register for this because it was only two weeks after NYC (never had less than ten-week gap before), but was talked into it. Did not really feel effects of quick turnaround until 18-20ish, but after that it was a slow and painful jog. Nice course, running past many Philly landmarks; well-organized and supported. With perfect, cool temperatures and a relatively flat course, finish time was only six minutes slower than NYC despite the short layoff. Proved that my body could handle more frequent marathons without major detrimental effect, albeit two weeks is TOO short. I credit this experience with "planting the seed" in my mind for joining Maniacs and going for the states.

Race map and details