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Race Result

Racer: David Orton
Race: Baltimore Marathon
Date: Saturday, October 11, 2008
Location: Baltimore, MD
Race Type: Run - Marathon
Age Group: Male 30 - 34
Time: 3:33:08
Overall Place: 346 / 3114
Age Group Place: 48 / 267
Comment: Redemption



Race Report:



A fun and challenging marathon. This was a perfectly paced race for me. Kept it under control before going after it at mile 20. A calve cramp at mile 24.5 kept me away from breaking 3:30.

This was a very challenging course compared to Marine Corp (the only other marathon I've done). Some people compared the hilly stretch from mile 16-20 to Boston.

Karolina and I both PRed and thought the race was very well organized. Nice way to end the season.

Miles Split Time Cum. Time HR Notes
1.00 0:09:08 0:09:08 131 Started easy with Karolina
2.00 0:08:14 0:17:22 144 First 2.5 miles were uphill
3.00 0:07:53 0:25:15 148 Settled into my pace
4.00 0:07:59 0:33:14 145
5.00 0:07:53 0:41:07 142
6.00 0:07:52 0:48:59 147
7.00 0:07:16 0:56:15 147 Nice long downhill
8.00 0:07:50 1:04:05 150
9.00 0:07:52 1:11:57 149
10.00 0:07:52 1:19:49 150
11.00 0:07:55 1:27:44 152
12.00 0:07:44 1:35:28 152
13.00 0:07:47 1:43:15 155 Ran into an old friend and ran together for 5 miles
14.00 0:07:54 1:51:09 156
15.00 0:08:00 1:59:09 156 Start of the hills
16.00 0:08:38 2:07:47 156 Hills
17.00 0:08:30 2:16:17 155 Hills
18.00 0:08:26 2:24:43 157 Hills
19.00 0:08:17 2:33:00 161 End of hills
20.00 0:08:02 2:41:02 168 Began to pick things up
21.00 0:07:56 2:48:58 166
22.00 0:08:04 2:57:02 168 Rollers
23.00 0:07:53 3:04:55 169
24.00 0:07:33 3:12:28 171 Dropped the hammer on the downhills
25.00 0:07:51 3:20:19 173 Felt great but then calve cramps came on
26.00 0:08:21 3:28:40 170 Ran last mile on my heels to stop calve cramps
26.48 0:04:08 3:32:48 168 Shuffled home. Garmin read 26.48 total miles


Official data
Distance MAR
Clock Time 3:33:59
Chip Time 3:33:08
Overall Place 346 / 3114
Gender Place 287 / 1998
Division Place 48 / 267
Mile6 0:49:49 (8:18)
Mile10 1:21:17 (8:08)
20K 1:43:08
Half 1:45:54 (8:05)
30K 2:34:51
Mile21 2:51:26 (8:10)
Ctz USA
Pace 8:09