MCM Splits

Wow, I completely forgot to post these. One of my tweeps mentioned that one our our mutual followings ran a "perfectly paced race" yesterday and so he totally called me out on my positive split! He replied again with "Yup, calling you out on your pacing at MCM, girl! 1:39 and 1:43 for a 3:22 marathon. Pretty bad pacing there...."

I felt pretty dejected, since I had run all negative splits during my long runs, and I ran progression runs! I mean, really, how did I manage that?!

First, there were hills, and I love rocking the downhill.

Second, it wasn't until Mile 14 that I told myself I needed to slow down or I would die out soon. So, running slower was on purpose, not because I couldn't do it anymore. I tried to keep at 7:45 the second half until Mile 20, but the first mile was too fast and then it really killed me (that, and the heat. The sun was really hot). That last 10k is disappointing, but I did every mile under the 8:00 goal pace, so I can't complain. But anyway, here they are:

Mile 1: 7:51
Mile 2: 7:43
Mile 3: 7:13
Mile 4: 7:05 (But! 137 ft of descent! Not my fault!)
Mile 5: 7:30
Mile 6: 7:26
Mile 7: 7:54
Mile 8: 7:25
Mile 9: 7:31
Mile 10: 7:21
Mile 11: 7:28
Mile 12: 7:28
Mile 13: 7:42
Mile 14: 7:47
Mile 15: 7:42
Mile 16: 7:46
Mile 17: 7:41
Mile 18: 7:44
Mile 19: 7:34
Mile 20: 7:44
Mile 21: 7:25
Mile 22: 8:00 (woot! only mile at goal pace! This was a hard mile)
Mile 23: 7:30
Mile 24: 7:57
Mile 25: 7:52
Mile 26: 7:52
 
Last bit I averaged 6:48 pace.