2.51.50

That is my new personal best! I don’t think that many who did the Chicago marathon today achieved the same.

Overall I am happy with my run taking the extreme weather conditions into account. At start it was something like 22-23 degrees celcius and after the first half it was all sunshine and close to +30C… humidity was 80%. I did the 2.40 target pace until at 25K I started to slow down. I figured out that was the only way to be able to complete the run. I didn’t come to Chicago to quit! First, tens of runners passed me by but after 35K I think I started to gain positions again. I saw tens of runners to quit the race like dead flies…

My overall position was 120. I checked the database back to 2000 and always that position had required a sub-2.40 time. Last year I should have run 2.28 to be #120 in the finishing line! Anyway, since I didn’t do sub-2.40 today I need to compete in yet another marathon next year. I rank US city marathons high in my list. Good atmosphere, lots of people cheering you up etc.

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