The Labor Day 3/4 Marathon, Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx, NY

4:18:26 Time
19.65 Miles
13:09 Pace

1. 4:18:26/13:09 pace vs 4:34:36/13:59 pace at the Easter Marathon where I also tried 3 loops.

2. Loop 1-Felt great, almost felt like I ran it a little too fast.
Loop 2-Struggled a bit but I saw Louis G (see 4) and he helped pace me and a girl was yelling at people who started walking which also helped.
Loop 3-Started doing the run walk thing, and then more walking. I started listening to music which helped a little. It got a bit ugly but not too ugly. I also saw a women from Stamford, CT by a water fountain (she had a running shirt that mentioned Stamford Volvo) and we spoke about Irene while she filled her water bottle.

3. Overall, I feel beat but nothing painful. My legs were/are burning a little. Just I couldn't run the whole distance, but it's definitely a tough course for someone to run the entire distance. I should add it wasn't as hot as Easter which helped.

4. I saw my Daily Mile friend Louis G, who is the first person I met from this site (2 Daily Mile friends I met before they were Daily Mile friends.)  I saw him ahead of me loop 1 and caught up and chatted and then I picked up the pace and then he caught up and we chatted some more.

5. CardioTrainer has total climb as .4 miles, though I did two loops before and it showed .4 miles and my 18.4 mile road run in July had .4 miles, so that might not be accurate.

6. Labor Day vs Easter times
Loop 1 1:19:44/12:10 pace (time includes 6:52 break after the loop) vs 1:26:29/13:12 pace at Easter
Loop 2 1:28:38/13:32 pace (time includes 6:51 break after the loop) vs 1:27:20/13:20 pace at Easter
Loop 3 1:30:04/13:45 pace vs 1:40:47/15:23 pace at Easter

7. Fuel
Breakfast-Smoothie with protein/nutritional yeast/juices/fruits and cinnamon oat cereal.
Pre race-1 Cliff Shot energy gel and banana.
Race-35-40 oz powdered Gatorade, water, Gatorade perform (35-40 oz each loop), 4 Cliff Shot energy gels, 2 bananas and 3 Gatorade primes

8. Pictures
http://www.flickr.com/photos/59540935@N08/sets/72157627602249492/

 http://www.thelabordaymarathon.com/