28 Sep 2008

Berlin Marathon - 3:53:55 [Results] [Videos]

A new PB in a fantastic race with the most amazing crowd. Speed was pretty constant (first half in 1:56:29, second 1:57:25), apart form the last 30 minutes when I was really struggling (again). The course is extremely fast, but only if there aren't thousands of runners around you all the time which was mentally and physically very exhausting, especially towards the end.

My hip felt surprisingly good and caused very little problems (maybe the Japanese tape I got applied on the expo the day before did the trick) - my lower back and a sore stomach from the half-way point made up for it. I also made the stupid mistake to wear racing shoes on the long distance which was very painful in the last hour. It was the first marathon I ran with compression socks and I must say they caused me major problems during and particularly after the race. I constantly felt that my blood flow was restricted. When I rolled them down after the race I thought my calves were about to explode - I got severe cramps when I took them off.

All in all a fantastic race and given the circumstances, I am happy with the result. 3:50 is doable on a better day!

km 1: 6:04
km 2: 5:30
km 3: 5:43
km 4: 5:34
km 5: 5:30 (28:20)
km 6: 5:34
km 7: 5:33
km 8: 5:21
km 9: 5:30
km 10: 5:26 (55:46 / 27:36)
km 11: 5:21
km 12: 5:32
km 13: 5:32
km 14: 5:26
km 15: 5:27 (1:23:05 / 27:19)
km 16: 5:27
km 17: 5:26
km 18: 5:28
km 19: 5:19
km 20: 5:51 (1:50:37 / 27:32)
km 21: 5:20
km 22: 5:26
km 23: 5:21
km 24: 5:27
km 25: 5:32 (2:17:44 / 27:07)
km 26: 5:24
km 27: 5:24
km 28: 5:33
km 29: 5:38
km 30: 5:24 (2:45:10 / 27:26)
km 31: 5:30
km 32: 5:21
km 33: 5:45
km 34: 5:25
km 35: 5:38 (3:12:51 / 27:41)
km 36: 5:48
km 37: 5:35
km 38: 6:04
km 39: 5:42
km 40: 5:40 (3:41:41 / 28:50)
km 41: 5:47
km 42: 5:31

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