May 3rd Vaoncover Marathon

I tried to find a right word for this Marathon. I think Martin already gave me a decent comments on the club reports: a solid marathon race.

One good thing about this race is that I am not scared about hilly race any more. I know the pace will be slow a little bit, but I think I can handle. And I can do better for the San Francisco Race.

One big lesson for this race: I should not skip the water stations even though I did not feel like I need it.  It caused dehydration for me for the last a few times. Though I slowed down, I still tried to avoid cramps, and finish the race successfully.

But I can do better the next time. 1)I should bring salt sticks. It will help avoid the cramps in the last a few miles. I will try it for SF Marathon. 2)Drink water at each water station. 3)Need to train more hill repeats. I know I said that I would run hills every Friday. But I did only once.

Here are the splits:

Split	Time	Distance	Avg Pace
Summary	3:39:16.8	26.44	8:18
1	7:57.1	1.00	7:57
2	7:42.8	1.00	7:43
3	7:33.7	1.00	7:34
4	7:21.6	1.00	7:22
5	7:42.0	1.00	7:42
6	8:29.3	1.00	8:29
7	8:04.8	1.00	8:05
8	7:51.0	1.00	7:51
9	7:47.9	1.00	7:48
10	7:40.5	1.00	7:40
11	7:57.8	1.00	7:58
12	7:46.0	1.00	7:46
13	7:47.0	1.00	7:47
14	7:54.6	1.00	7:55
15	8:14.4	1.00	8:14
16	8:02.0	1.00	8:02
17	7:56.5	1.00	7:56
18	8:12.0	1.00	8:12
19	8:33.2	1.00	8:33
20	8:29.0	1.00	8:29
21	8:40.9	1.00	8:41
22	9:23.0	1.00	9:23
23	9:15.9	1.00	9:16
24	9:38.6	1.00	9:39
25	9:41.4	1.00	9:41
26	9:37.6	1.00	9:38
27	3:56.3	0.44	8:57