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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