Details later. Half (6.55 miles) in 52 minutes, second half in 65 minutes. It was not the knee which actually gaveme no trouble but a seized calf muscle that actually stopped mein my tracks. I actually had to walk almost a mile before I could jog the final 5 miles.
I was very concerned with my knee and was afraid to push too hard in case it would fail completely. I knew I could jog the race so that was my only real goal. At the start I felt ok so ran normally and decided to run until the knee complained.
Splits at the start of the race were:
7:55
7:44
801
802
8:30 stop for fluids
8:15
Half way 52:05
8:55
Now my calf seized and I needed to walk
10:36
9:10
9:13
9:36
These miles were run with walk breaks
9:55
10:05
and I did not get the last bit. I am just glad I made it through to the end. Good first half made me feel it was worth running. The leg pain that I still have three days later show me I ran with a compensating gait to protect my knee. The result was the calf pull and quad strain, to a level I have never had before. | 