All the hard work and training during the winter paid off. I completed my first marathon in Burlington, Vermont on Sunday May 24. The Vermont City Marathon (VCM for short) is a very scenic course which takes you through downtown Burlington 3 times and north and south into the outlying areas. The last 4 miles are along a bike trail that runs along Lake Champlain. I highly recommend this marathon for beginners and veterans alike.
It rained the first half of the course, which kept us cool. The first half of the course I felt pretty good but my knee began acting up at mile 18. I finished in 5 hours 35 minutes. In any case a successful First marathon! More of my statistics are below.
Bowden's VCM 2009 results:
BIB/DIV: 1052 / M4549
TIME: 5h:35m:24s (gun) / 5h:32m:56s (net)
Section times:
00.0 to 10.0: 2h:00m:51s (Pace: 12 min 05 sec)
10.0 to 13.1: 0h:37m:34s (Pace: 12 min 05 sec)
13.1 to 20.0: 1h:32m:41s (Pace: 13 min 27 sec)
20.0 to 26.2: 1h:27m:51s (Pace: 13 min 10 sec)
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