I ran the Mercedes Marathon on Valentines day at 4:25:52. As the chart below shows, I died in the 7.6 miles. I should have ran to what I knew was my fitness level by aiming at something like a 4:15 or a 9:43 pace. I shot for 9:09 and ran with the 4:00 hour pace group. I am just not at that fitness level. I was close to that fitness level last year. I was running to improve last year's time, instead of to what I really knew my ability was. I'm OK with my overall time, but I hate finishing this spent. I walked A LOT in the end. I hate that. I don't mind being slow. I do mind walking. Lesson learned. The times listed for the 15K and 25K must be wrong. I suspect the 15K was wrong and the rest are correct. It is as if the measurement of the 15K was more like 10 miles or something. Anyway, I was spent, I ran way ahead of my ability and it hurt. But, no injury. I was just WAY tired.
| Distance | Time | Pace | Leg Distance | Leg Time | Leg Pace |
| 6.2 | 54:43 | 8:50 | 6.2 | 54:43 | 8:50 |
| 9.3* | 1:31:34 | 8:49 | 3.1 | 36:51 | 11:53* |
| 15.5** | 2:16:35 | 8:49 | 6.2 | 45:01 | 7:16** |
| 18.6 | 2:43:04 | 8:46 | 3.1 | 27:59 | 9.03 |
| 26.2 | 4:25:52 | 10:09 | 7.6 | 1:42:48 | 13:53 |
* There is no way that I was running a 11:53 pace between 6.2 and 9.3. So, the posted data from the results is wrong.
** There is no way that I was running 7:16 pace between 9.3 and 15.5. So, the posted data from the results is wrong.
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