I run about 40 miles per week since I moved back to SF. Every Thursday I run with ARM SF, a local running store in Presidio Heights. They have Thursday 7pm and Sunday 9am group runs. I also started hitting trails and hills more, but I’m still really bad at hills.
I signed up for Grandma’s shortly after moving back to the states, my parents live in the Twin Cities and my aunt lives in Duluth/Superior, so logistically it’s super simple to run this race. It’s also one of the best races to BQ. I had June 21st on my calendar, but didn’t really put together a day-by-day training schedule like I did with my marathons last year. I knew my base was decent, and I just needed more speeds. I loosely followed the “Coach” training schedule in the Nike+ iOS app last 5 weeks before the race.
My dream goal was to go sub 3, but the fastest pace group they had was 3:05. I figured sub-3:05 (BQ+5) should be enough room to get into Boston, so I ran with the 3:05 pacer. I pretty much ran in front of the group until around the 20-mile mark, I started to fade when I hit Lemon Drop Hill, at which point the pacer passed me and I chased him til the finish line. It was fun to hear the foot steps of the entire pace group behind me almost the entire race. I finished with a chip time of 3:04:49, which qualified me for Boston.
Detailed results
| Time | 3:04:49 |
| Avg Pace | 7:04 |
| Overall Place | 407 out of 6212 |
| Gender Place | 346 out of 3494 |
| Age Group (M35–39) Place | 47 out of 463 |
Splits
| Mile | Splits |
|---|---|
| 1 | 7:01 |
| 2 | 6:54 |
| 3 | 6:58 |
| 4 | 7:08 |
| 5 | 7:02 |
| 6 | 7:02 |
| 7 | 6:51 |
| 8 | 7:00 |
| 9 | 6:54 |
| 10 | 6:40 |
| 11 | 6:57 |
| 12 | 6:52 |
| 13 | 6:52 |
| 14 | 6:53 |
| 15 | 6:57 |
| 16 | 6:50 |
| 17 | 7:00 |
| 18 | 6:57 |
| 19 | 6:53 |
| 20 | 7:21 |
| 21 | 7:17 |
| 22 | 6:58 |
| 23 | 7:09 |
| 24 | 6:58 |
| 25 | 7:01 |
| 26 | 6:59 |
| 0.53 | 10:00 |