26.2 miles COMPLETED…

After 4 months and 600 miles of training I finally finished my first marathon. The 2004 Long Beach Marathon, I finished it in 4:26, which is a bit over 10 min/miles. It was pretty cool to run across the finish line and realize that you just ran for 4 1/2 hours without a single break.

My pace at each mile marker

Mile 1 – 10:19
Mile 2 – 10:00
Mile 3 – 9:55
Mile 4 – 10:55
Mile 5 – 9:32
Mile 6 – 9:36
Mile 7 – 9:32
Mile 8 – 9:47
Mile 9 – 9:30
Mile 10 – 9:46
Mile 11 – 9:35
Mile 12 – 9:34
Mile 13 – 10:15
Mile 14 – 10:09
Mile 15 – 10:41
Mile 16 – 10:03
Mile 17 – 9:51
Mile 18 – 9:56
Mile 19 – 10:03
Mile 20 – 10:09
Mile 21 – 10:19
Mile 22 – 10:43
Mile 23 – 9:45
Mile 24 – 11:46
Mile 25 – 11:00
Mile 26 – 11:06
Mile 26.2 – 2:20

Total: 4:26
26.2 miles (42.4km)

Rank
overall: 654 out of 1655
men: 508 out of 1071