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Re: A BQ at the Maine Marathon

guest — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 14:27:00 GMT

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Originally posted by Fortunate One:
It does seem like you bonked, yet it's hard to figure out why. Does your HR record offer any clues? Maybe you were getting dehydrated?

Well the facts certainly speak for themselves don't they. I definitely bonked and it wasn't hydration. I paid very special attention to that and as you could see from the photos I even made the swap with my wife for the fresh bottle of gatorade to see me to the finish (which I finished in the final 6 miles). And if you take a look at the info from my Garmin you will see that it wasn't my heart rate either.

However after taking a closer look at everything I discovered something pretty surprising to me...I had 2 GU's left in my pouch which I should not have had...I believe that I somehow forgot to take my 2 last GU's. I thought I took the one before mile 20 and don't remember even thinking about the one I was saving for mile 2 which might explain why so much of this seemed like a "mental" issue to me.

Here is the info as garnered from my Garmin 305, you can see that my heart rate actually goes progressively down after mile 20 until that final little kick at the finish. So I am beginning to think that this is a "fueling" issue in that I somehow failed to follow through with putting the fuel in to finish this thing! DUH!! !http://www.coolrunning.com/forums/wink.gif|src=http://www.coolrunning.com/forums/wink.gif|border=0!

Garmin info: Maine Marathon 2007

Mile HR Avg – Max

1 – 6:49 153 – 157
2 – 7:14 153 – 155
3 – 7:21 153 – 157
4 – 7:16 151 – 154
5 – 7:21 150 – 152
6 – 7:25 151 – 158
7 – 7:15 152 – 158
8 – 7:32 151 – 153
9 – 7:21 149 – 153
10 – 7:34 150 – 154
11 – 7:34 150 – 154
12 – 7:22 152 – 158
13 – 7:10 151 – 155
14 – 7:27 155 – 159
15 – 7:33 155 – 161
16 – 7:30 155 – 160
17 – 7:53 156 – 162
18 – 7:38 152 – 156
19 – 7:58 154 – 157
20 – 8:10 150 – 152
21 – 8:38 149 – 154
22 – 8:55 146 – 149
23 – 9:10 144 – 147
24 – 9:24 143 – 148
25 – 9:36 139 – 143
26 – 9:44 137 – 143
.49 – 4:13 141 - 155

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Re: A BQ at the Maine Marathon

guest — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 23:26:00 GMT

Congratulations, Bob, on qualifying again. Your RRs are always so informative and we love the pictures. It does seem like you bonked, yet it's hard to figure out why. Does your HR record offer any clues? Maybe you were getting dehydrated? It's in the can, anyway; now you can just run NYC for fun.

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Re: A BQ at the Maine Marathon

guest — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 04:46:00 GMT

Bob, you are a tough runner. Nice RR and pictures. Thanks.

Mark

Re: A BQ at the Maine Marathon

guest — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 00:43:00 GMT

Congratulations Bob!

Great race, but the best is still yet to come. You haven't realized your true potential yet. Rest/recover and train on!

Can't wait to read about more PR's in '08.

Nice.

Re: A BQ at the Maine Marathon

guest — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 00:22:00 GMT

Woohooo, great job Bob! You are an amazing runner.

Enjoy New York!

Re: A BQ at the Maine Marathon

guest — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 23:10:00 GMT

BQ and a course PR -- I'd say that's great work for one marathon.

You've got a terrific wife for capturing some fine moments of your race.

Re: A BQ at the Maine Marathon

guest — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:45:00 GMT

I thought I replied to this but anyway congrats on the BQ and a great race. See you in NYC!

Barb

Re: A BQ at the Maine Marathon

guest — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:39:00 GMT

"Only" a BQ and PR? Congratulations! I hope all my races go this well!

Re: A BQ at the Maine Marathon

guest — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 04:12:00 GMT

Great race Bob! Congrats on the BQ and course PR. I have managed to screw up the refueling on pretty much every race I've run - knowing what you need to do is not the same as successfully executing the plan. Sounds like PacerChris had some good ideas in the other thread. I'd say it low liver glycogen if I was guessing. I hope

mcsolar

has a chance to read your report and comment on this. Maybe you and I can both figure it out for Boston? Hope so. See you there Bob! - you are running great!

Skip

Re: A BQ at the Maine Marathon

guest — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 00:15:00 GMT

Great race....hard at the end....can't beat a BQ....nuttn better than that...

HAng in there and you will reach your pace goals.

Congrats...

Tim,
Ardmore, OK.

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