Thank you so much for all your advice. After reading all your replies, I’m feeling a lot better.
I should be getting my orthotics this week. The podiatrist taped up my foot again last week when I got fitted for the orthotics and I was able to run 4.5 miles Friday night. I didn’t run as fast as I did at the Wrigley River Run but I was able to maintain a steady pace and ended up averaging about a 15 minute mile.
Now that my running confidence is slowly increasing, I’m cautiously optimistic about San Francisco.
Which brings me to my next point. I’m trying to do marathon math. More specifically, San Francisco Marathon and Half Marathon math.
Now, my math is based on the fact that the slowest people always start last, right? And they are the slowest so they will take the longest.
The last Wave Start for the full marathon is 06:42. Almost 07:00, right? Assuming the slowest runners take 6 hours (this is coming from a girl who finished her marathon in just over 7.5), that means they will be finishing just before 13:00.
The Green Girl is doing the second half of the marathon and will also be in the last Wave Start which is 08:35. The website says The 6-hour time limit will begin after the last runner in the last wave has cleared the Start Line. Doesn’t that mean the Green Girl has until 12:42 to cross the Finish Line?
Mrs. Erica said
Super duper mathematician! Wow, I am all dizzy from just reading it :) if your foot feels good run it :) Feel your body, don’t plan via math, listen to your body
lil 1/2 pint said
I want to know approximately how much time I have so I can try to plan accordingly while I’m out there – at least to a certain extent.
I’m not a fast walker by any means and I’m an even slower walker when I’m tired.
Stacy said
Glad that you are feeling great and that you had a good run! 12 hours to cross the finish line? I don’t think it would take you that long since you’ll be running some of it.
lil 1/2 pint said
Stacy, I’m thinking I have almost 4.25 hours to finish, right? If they give the slowest marathon runners 6 hours to cross the Finish Line? Is my marathon math off?
Angie said
I think that is what it means! I am glad you have found something that will work best for you!
lil 1/2 pint said
My marathon math is correct, huh, Angie? At first I was stressing over the 3.5 hour limit but then as I was reading the website, I started feeling a lot better.
rene said
That sounds like plenty of time if your fast miles are 15min/mi. I wonder if anyone has organized a pace group for the slower runners? Looks like the last pace team is 13:44. I wished I would have done the pace group when I did the marathon. I thought I could run faster than the 4:30 group when I was feeling energetic in the beginning, but 2/3rds through they all passed and made the finish right on time.
lil 1/2 pint said
Yeah, there’s never a pace group that is slow enough for me to realistically join. Luckily, I have Mr. Green Garmin to be my ‘pacer’. ::smiles::
I’m planning on walking more than I run and this is making me feel a lot better about the whole thing.
My first priority is to cross the finish line without getting scooped up by The Scooper Truck. My second priority is to finish strong so I can play with my niece afterwards. She is not going to stand for nonsense like her Aunty being too tired to bounce in the jump house or run around the playground.
The Green Girl Is Ready For San Francisco « The Journey of a Running Green Girl… said
[...] Friday 07.17.09 at 09:17 · Filed under Uncategorized ·Tagged angelman syndrome, dr. richard h. graves, posterior tibial tendonitis, san francisco half marathon The Green Girl is ready for the San Francisco Half Marathon. No, the Green Girl is not planning on setting any personal records, but she will cross that Finish Line before the marathon cut-off at 12:42. [...]