Table of contents for Marine Corps 2007

  1. Preparing for the Marine Corps Marathon
  2. Tapering for a marathon with Broken Socks
  3. My Marine Corps Marathon Experience – Pre-Race
  4. My Marine Corps Marathon Experience – The Race
  5. My Marine Corps Marathon Experience – Post Race

I was about 4 people away from the starting line when the gun went off.

It took all of about 1 second for me to cross over the line. My goal was to run between 2:40:00 and 2:45:00, and I was hoping to be at 2:45:00 pace halfway through and then run negative splits. Any sort of a PR would make my slowest goal, so I needed to run faster than 2:51:37 at the very worst.

Mile 1: 7:37 / 7:37 (+1:19)
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