Milwaukee Lakefront Marathon (10.04.2015)
Over the weekend I successfully completed my third marathon & the first marathon to qualify for Marathon Maniacs!
- Beautiful course!
- Amazing weather!
- Amazing, supportive volunteers & crowd support!
- All of my gear worked fabulously – especially my Orange Mud Hydraquiver Vest Pack 2 (VP2)!
Here area my key “take aways” from this race!
THE GOOD: 1:08:21 minute PR!
This is being renamed “THE AMAZING”!
The Wisconsin Marathon had its complications & I knew that I would PR on my next road marathon, but I’m ecstatic about the improvement!
I’m rather excited to see how my times shape up for year as I increase my weekly mileage & become more accustomed to regular 20 – 25 milers.
THE BAD: Cramping.
Although the morning started nice & cool – it did warm up as the race progressed.
Unfortunately, because of THE UGLY (see below) – I didn’t take my Tailwind as regularly as I should have & this lead to some muscle cramping / seizing.
Thankfully, I did have some salt tabs in my VP2 & within 15 mins of taking a few of those my muscle cramping / seizing subsided.
AND THE UGLY: GI Issues.
By mile 13 my GI was clearly not happy with me & I was doing my best to evaluate if I needed to find a porta potty.
My pace started to fall off from mile 13 through mile 19 until I could get my head back in the game and know that my system was going to be OK . Unfortunately, this prevented me from using my Gu as early as I should have, so I did briefly bonk until I could get my body some fuel.
SUMMARY:
Overall, an awesomely epic day! I don’t know if I have ever been so excited to run another marathon to see how much my time has improved. Next year, for the Mitten Challenge (Wisconsin Marathon on 05.07.2016 & Kalamazoo Marathon on 05.08.2016) – I may just push it on Wisconsin to see if I can improve even more! If not, I guess I’ll just need to add another marathon to my schedule for the hell of it!
Every Mile Becomes a Part of Me 