Training Stats Number of week -- 18 (7/1/2013 - 11/2/2013) Total miles -- 1199 Average daily miles -- 8.5 Longest run -- 26.2 (Fox Valley Marathon) Peak weekly mileage -- 88 Average pace -- 7:30 Number of 20 + mile runs -- 8 Race Stats Goal -- 2:54:59 Actual Time -- 2:53:28 (PR) Avg HR -- 165 (92% of Maximum Heart Rate MHR) Peak HR -- 175 (97% of MHR) Avg pace -- 6:36 Finished 62/3494 Overall 51/1994 Men 5/334 40-44 Age Group First half 1:26:16 Second half 1:27:11 I ran a strong race as shown by continually moving up in ranking through the race 101st @ 10k 88th in the first half 79th @ 30k 59th in the last half The Monumental starts and finishes in downtown Indianapolis so to avoid the stress of travel on race day we stayed in a hotel just a couple of blocks from the start line. We checked in early afternoon on Friday hit the expo, did packet pickup and then headed over to the Spaghetti Factory for some serious carb loading. After dinner we drove the course
I pray and I run. Sometimes at the same time