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Savannah Rock and Roll Marathon

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Location:

Venice,FL,USA

Member Since:

Oct 31, 2012

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

5k:
21:01, (6:46 pace) 11-19-11.
20:08, (6:29 pace) 9-1-12 (Part of a Mini-Triathlon Relay).
19:17, (6:12 pace) 11-17-12.
19:19, (6:13 pace) 11-23-13.
19:30, (6:17 pace) 1-4-14.
20:34, (6:34 pace) 9-13-14
19:49, (6:23 pace) 10-25-14
19:32, (6:17 pace) 11-22-14
19:40, (6:19 pace) 12-19-14
19:49, (6:23 pace) 1-31-16

8k:
34:42, (6:57 pace) 3-17-12.
32:11, (6:28 pace) 3-16-13.
32:32, (6:33 pace) 3-15-14. 

34:00, (6:50 pace) 3-14-15.

33:09, (6:40 pace) 3-11-17.

32:56, (6:38 pace) 3-17-18.

10k:
44:18, (7:08 pace) 4-14-12.
41:22, (6:39 pace) 12-15-12.
42:11, (6:47 pace) 4-13-13.
41:06, (6:37 pace) 12-8-13.

42:03, (6:46 pace) 3-5-16

44:35, (7:11 pace) 8-26-17
12k:
53:53, (7:14 pace) 3-24-12.
49:20, (6:37 pace) 3-1-14
15k:
1:18:16, (8:24 pace) 2-26-11.

1:04:37. (6:56 pace) 2-20-16

1:08:25 (7:18 pace) 2/22/20

Half Marathons:

1:37:57 (7:28 pace) 1-26-20. Fort Lauderdale - A1A 
14 Marathons:
1.  4:12:08, (9:37 pace) 1-9-11. Disney.
2.  4:18:18, (9:51 pace) 10-30-11. MCM.
3.  3:42:26, (8:29 pace) 1-14-12. Charleston.
4.  3:13:15, (7:22 pace) 10-7-12. Steamtown.
5*.  3:12:26, (7:20 pace) 1-19-14. Louisiana.
6*.  3:14:06, (7:24 pace) 4-21-14. Boston.
7*.  3:19:38, (7:37 pace) 7-19-14. U. of Okoboji.
8*.  3:16:27, (7:30 pace) 2-22-15. Mercedes-Benz
9*. 3:30:38 (8:03 pace) 5-15-16 Sugarloaf

10. 3:24:21 (7:48 pace) 11-5-16 Savannah RNR

11. 3:27:37 (7:56 pace) 5-12-18 Brookings

12. 3:46:02 (8:38 pace) 10-7-18 Towpath

13. 3:35:11 (8:13 pace) 9-12-21 Med City

14. 3:45:45 (8:37 pace) 4-16-23 Coastal Delaware

* = These 5 races were run at 67.9 seconds per pound. If I want a PR, I need to weigh less than 170 pounds.

Short-Term Running Goals:

2023 GOALS:

Coastal Delaware Running Festival Marathon - 4/16/23 - Rehoboth Beach, Delaware

Long-Term Running Goals:

Continue running as often as I can, as far as I can, as fast as I can. Teaching my kids (by example) the rewards that come from putting in the work. Very slowly get to 50 states.

Personal:

I'm married, with two sons, 17, and 18.

I started running because someone dared me to.

I ran my first race 3 days after my 40th birthday. (Disney)

My profile picture story: http://www.melissajill.com/blog.cfm?postID=1492&boston-marathon

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10.2 miles. Hood route to Legacy trail to colonia and back. 7 am start. 74 degrees. Now back to Cape Coral for boy #2's bowl game.

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Hood route. 6am start. Smooth like butter.

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3.5 miles. Hood route. 6:30 am start.

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3.5 miles. Fruit cove. Then Mimi and I drove to Savannah. Went to the expo. Toured Fort Pulaski again. And went to Tybee Island. There's still a lot of damage from the the hurricane a month ago.

As far as expectations for tomorrow go, I hope to beat my Sugarloaf time. I would like to get back down to around 3:15 again, but that seems ambitious, given how my training went. On the other hand, the weather is much better this year. And I'm familiar with over 85% of the course. I'm just going to do my best and see what shakes out.

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Race: Savannah Rock and Roll Marathon (26.2 Miles) 03:24:21, Place overall: 65, Place in age division: 6
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Georgia done. Much better weather than last year. I got beat up by the wind on the way back from Savannah State University. How did Yasir and Dan do?

Okay so...THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED AT Savannah                                  

3.1       3.1       0:07:19             0:22:40

6.2       3.1       0:07:19             0:22:41

10        3.8       0:07:15             0:27:32

13        3          0:07:40             0:23:00

20        7          0:07:49             0:54:45

26.2      6.2       0:08:40             0:53:43

            26.2                              3:24:21

For comparison, THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED AT SUGARLOAF                   

16.88    16.88    0:07:39             2:09:15

26.2      9.32      0:08:44             1:21:24

26.2                              3:30:38

THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED AT LOUISIANA                                  

6.2       6.2       0:06:48             0:42:12

13.1      6.9       0:07:10             0:49:28

20        6.9       0:07:41             0:53:00

26.2      6.2       0:07:45             0:48:06

            26.2      0:07:21             3:12:26

THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED AT STEAMTOWN                              

18        18        0:07:12             2:09:45

26.2      8.2       0:07:44             1:03:25

            26.2                              3:13:10

My finish time at Savannah was right about where I thought it would be. As I found out last year, this race is a half marathon with a few people running the full. As scenic as the first half is, the second half is interstate overpass, with a brief stop at Savannah State University. As promised by the race officials, there were more bands than last year. I heard more Skynard in my race than any man should be forced to bear. Sure, you could hear covers of Black Crows and Georgia Satellites, and. of course, OutKast playing. But Skynard ruled the day.

Early on in the race, I noticed an older woman yeling "Don't Stop!" at people at water stations. First, let me say that I give her all of the credit in the world for running 7:15 pace for the half. Really solid. After a couple of water stations, I started thinking "Is this her thing? You know, sign up for races to yell at people?" Then she yelled at me. I yelled back "I didn't stop." She yelled again "You dang near stopped!" I said I barely slowed down. She was really not going to let this go. This goofy interchange got my mind off of running for a bit. Our pack for the first half included the eventual overall women's #2 and #3 for the marathon. Also, There was a woman with one leg doing the hand crank cart, that would pass us on the downhills, and we would pass on the uphills (not that there are many hills to speak of). She was near me for @ 20 miles of this race. Anyway, at the very next waterstop after fast crabby old lady yelled at me, hand crank woman had to lock up her brakes behind the crabby lady. I didn't need to say anything. The moment was delicious.

Last year, we stayed next door to 2 women that were running the half. The husband of one of those women was in a bluegrass band that was playing on the portion of the course that i was cut off from last year, so i never saw him. He was playing in the same spot! As i passed by him this year, I pointed at him and yelled, and he yelled back.

When we decided tht my family wasn't going with me to this race, there was a while there that i had planned on going solo. My mother in Law said she wanted to go, and man, I'm glad she went. There was about a half hour of just me being dumb after the race, and it was really good to have someone that likes me at the finish. I needed someone to tell me to put the banana down, so that i could open the water bottle. Or to put the water bottle down, to peel the banana! Seriously. The post race headliner was "The Old Crow Medicine Show." I am not a country or bluegrass fan, but they were amazing! what a show! We toured Fort Pulaski on Friday, and it was crazy to see the fort last year before the hurricane and this year after.

I wonder if I would have a better opinion of this race if I had run it only once. Because this year was really good.

I don't know what race is next for me, and I don't think I'm going to decide until I get back from arizona.

Thanks to all of my friends here for the suport.

And thanks to Sasha for putting this blog together.

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