Start time: 11/26/05, 9:00am
Location: Firenze Marathon
Distance: 26.2 miles
Finishing time: 4:46:48
Run:Walk ratio: 6:1 through mile 20, then… not so much
Average pace: 10:57min/mile
I unfortunately don’t have lots of mile splits like last year, thanks to the GPS having a minor fit somewhere along the way (apparently I ran a 25.5 mile marathon), which probably was in no small part thanks to narrow windy alleys and streets winding through parts of Florence. I do, however, have some splits available.
| Distance | Segment Time | Segment Pace | Overall Time | Overall Pace |
| 5K | 30:39 | 9:53 | 30:39 | 9:53 |
| 10K | 30:27 | 9:49 | 1:01:06 | 9:51 |
| 15K | 30:57 | 9:59 | 1:32:03 | 9:53 |
| 13.1mi | 37:28 | 9:52 | 2:09:31 | 9:53 |
| 25K | 25:40 | 10:42 | 2:35:11 | 10:00 |
| 30K | 35:22 | 11:25 | 3:10:33 | 10:13 |
| 35K | 39:25 | 12:43 | 3:49:58 | 10:35 |
| 40K | 39:38 | 12:47 | 4:29:36 | 10:51 |
| 26.2mi | 17:12 | 12:44 | 4:46:48 | 10:57 |
Notes:
Between 15K and 13.1mi is a 3.8 mile segment.
Between 13.1mi and 25K is a 2.4 mile segment
Between 40K and 26.2mi is a 1.35 mile segment
It should be a surprise to no one at all that it was around the 25K mark that Susan and I fell behind Tod and Dana. It is always interesting to see where some places where I felt I was still decreasing in speed was in fact consistent) if slow, essentially everything past the 30K mark (or 18.64 miles). Ah well, it’s always good to know where everything went wrong, as well as where one was pretty darn on the ball. There’s a lot I need to work on for next year. But hey, still a PR. So that’s definitely something. But it is frustrating to look at, say, my 20-miler from earlier this year and know that I did the entire thing at a solid 10min/mile pace that I could’ve done even faster towards the end of if necessary!
My personal theory for the disappointments you and Tod have expressed regarding your Florence times, is that your training schedule skipped the 26 miler. I think you both would’ve done better in Florence had you done a 26-mile training run in between the 23-mile and the marathon. Something to consider when signing up for future AIDS Marathon destinations.