2023 PDX Marathon Race Report
TLDR I got a 04:09:41 time which means I averaged a 9:31 min/mile the entire way. Overall Place was 882 out of 2646 competitors, 661 out of 1650 males, and 99 out of 225 in my age group. My goal was simply to PR for the course and to finish strong (which I did). My stretch goal was sub 4 hours. I got a little greedy towards the end and it probably cost me at least 10 minutes of time on the back end. I'm still salty about it, but sometimes you need to be a little greedy to reach for the stretch goals. If you would like to read about it, here's how I got there: Training Summary Training was… sub-optimal. Had a health scare at the beginning of training (read about it here ), then dealt with mild runners’ knee for the better part of a month. Glad I took it easy during my minor injury, otherwise it could have gotten worse. While not running , I learned to really emphasize PT exercises to resolve any muscle imbalances in my body. I figure those imbala...