Sunday, October 4, 2009

Portland Marathon 2009

Another marathon in the bag.

It was a perfect marathon weather (45~50 deg, overcast). My race strategy almost worked perfectly. I was able to keep 8:00/mi pace until 19mi point with 3:30 pace group, but felt my legs getting heavier afterward. I finished 3:36:42 (PR) with 1:44:41-1:52:01 splits.


It was funny to watch faster runners ahead caught at RR x-ing @ 6mi point for a while, although Amtrak just passed through when I reached there. Anyway, it was much better race in all aspects than last year’s when I had set my PW with limping finish dragging a swollen knee.