{"id":1554,"date":"2005-03-21T15:08:57","date_gmt":"2005-03-21T20:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brianarner.com\/weblog\/wordpress\/2005\/03\/marathon_madness\/"},"modified":"2005-03-21T15:08:57","modified_gmt":"2005-03-21T20:08:57","slug":"marathon_madness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.brianarner.com\/weblog\/2005\/03\/marathon_madness\/","title":{"rendered":"Marathon Madness"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I ran a half marathon in the Knoxville Marathon<\/a>.
\nPictures<\/b>
\n\"Start\"
\nAnd they’re off!
\n\"Up
\nThe herd lumbers up the hill.
\n\"Staggering
\nStaggering into Neyland Stadium.
\n\"Finish\"
\nWaiting for the medical staff to carry me out.
\nRace Information<\/b>
\nDistance:<\/b> 13.1 miles
\nTime:<\/b> 1:58:32
\nPlacement:<\/b> 339\/1,205
\nTrivia:<\/b> Beat Mayor Haslem by 5 seconds
\nOverall, the marathon was a fun event. The weather conditions were close to ideal (it took mee less than five minutes to realize I should have gone without the sweatshirt). I don’t have much experience with these kind of events, but the race seemed to be pretty well organized and run, particularly for an inaugural event. The course was clear and there were ample volunteers along the route. Police took care of the traffic at intersections. Water stops seemed okay (though I only used one). The only negative thing for me was that they ran out of T-shirts in the size I had ordered.
\nIn a few ways, my experience was a study in what not to do. Top five mistakes (in ascending order):
\n(5) Eating a bunch of junk food the night before
\n(4) Less than five hours of sleep beforehand
\n(3) Staring out a little too far in the pack (you’re boxed in for a while)
\n(2) Only two weeks of distance training
\n(1) Doing the last training run on Friday
\nNumber 1 had the most direct impact on the race, for I felt my calf muscles a little throughout the run. I had intended to do my last run on Thursday, but it was wet that day. So I went on Friday. Not enough recovery time. Had I felt a little fresher and started out at a little faster pace, I might have shaved a few minutes off the time. For I generally felt good until the last couple miles, when my side started bothering me a bit.
\nOne amusing thing I hadn’t anticipated was how, uh, overhydrated a few of the runners were. Within ten minutes of the start some of them were already peeling off to relieve themselves–in spots just a few feet from the course. Guess modesty takes a back seat to the clock on race day.
\nI don’t know if there will be another marathon next year, but if there is, I might give it another try. Who knows, I might get really crazy and go the full distance next time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I ran a half marathon in the Knoxville Marathon. Pictures And they’re off! The herd lumbers up the hill. Staggering into Neyland Stadium. Waiting for the medical staff to carry me out. Race Information Distance: 13.1 miles Time: 1:58:32 Placement: 339\/1,205 Trivia: Beat Mayor Haslem by 5 seconds Overall, the marathon was a fun […]<\/p>\n<\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1554","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"h-entry","8":"hentry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brianarner.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brianarner.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brianarner.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brianarner.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brianarner.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1554"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.brianarner.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1554\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brianarner.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brianarner.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brianarner.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}