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Garmin KC Marathon Races (October 21, 2023)
Anyone planning to run one of the four Garmin KC Marathon races (5k, 10k, half-marathon, full marathon) this upcoming Saturday? I'm going to be trying the full, which I also ran last year and enjoyed. There were several Bills fans running last year, in town for the Bills-Chiefs game the following day. Might see some Charger fans there this year.
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Out of curiosity, I looked up my stats from last year's Garmin. Then my estimated VO2 Max was 46 and I ran nearly 5 hours, walked only about 7 minutes and was idle about 7 minutes (for a potty break). Even though I was fitter then, I sorta think I might beat last year's time this year, because I have more experience with using the run-walk-run method and that technique can actually boost one's average pace because of the way it builds in little recovery periods.
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Another thing to remember for anyone running is a bad training run needs to be brushed off as long its not reoccurring and the same with a bad race. Some days just don't work out. Don't let a bad day training or racing make you want to stop, its just a day, like a bad Chiefs game midseason . ![]() |
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Most road marathons are Boston qualifiers. The Garmin Olathe race is pretty popular for that because its flat and fast.
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I was a little confused by the map. It says the 5k in one spot is 3.1 miles but on the map it says it is 3.25 miles. 0.15 mile difference is a big deal sad to say.
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I got to run in Overland Park a few times a couple of weeks ago. Great running trails there! |
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Whichever one it was, you must have had a great time, as those qualifying standards are impressive! |
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The last Garmin 5k that I ran a few years back had a course length of just under 3 miles. I finished just a shade over 23 minutes. It hurt.
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Man, having the distance off that much for a 5k would drive me crazy, especially with the name Garmin attached to it, as I depend on their watches for accuracy. Usually, in races, my Garmin watch says I ran further than the actual race distance, which makes sense, given that I meander around to get water and shade. My fastest half-marathon, though, was a February race on a course that mostly was on streets and trails near my home, and I ran geodesics for that race, knowing the trails so well. My watch said I was about a quarter mile shy of 13.1 miles when I got to the finish line, so I kept running, because in my vanity I wanted to have a sub 2-hour half-marathon recorded in my Garmin account. ![]() |
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I made the Boston cutoff by only 6 seconds. You may or may not know this but running a BQ doesn't automatically get you in, it allows you to apply to enter, then they average out the times of all the entries under the BQ time that will get them the number they need for each age group. My qualifying time was almost 5 minutes faster than BQ but the entries were so fast that year the cutoff got moved another 4 min 54 seconds. I thought I was going to be automatic but barely squeezed in. The times have gotten so fast they recently bumped the age group BQ times 5 minutes just to apply so its just getting harder and harder. Pretty wild 6 seconds over 26.2+ miles was the difference and there is a huge hill almost a half mile long at the start of mile 25 on the course. I easily could have lost another 6 seconds on that hill alone. I'm not nearly as fast as I used to be and the qualifying times keep getting bumped up so its getting insane. I may give it another shot when I turn 55 in a few years as you get another 10 min at age 55. |
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I'm glad you beat the cutoff for the year you qualified! ![]() There were a lot of disappointed runners this year because Boston had a 5:29 cutoff this year, even though they had a 0:00 cutoff in 2022 and 2023, due to COVID. |
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