Leah's Chicago Marathon Goals

"I had goals. They were evil goals, but they were goals." Dr. Doofenshmirtz A Goal: 3:34:59 or faster (BQ-10 2014) B Goal: 3:38:03 or faster (PR) C Goal: 3:39:59 or faster (BQ-5 2014) D Goal: 3:44:59 or faster (BQ 2014) E Goal: 3:59.59 or faster (breaking 4 hours for the 5th time) F Goal: 4:07:44 or faster (course PR) G Goal: Dropping out if I'm in as much Piriformis pain as I was from mile 10 - finish in 2011 Goal A should be realistic based on my marathon PR (3:38:04) and my past race performances.* BUT.... you never know what will happen on race day! So I'm trying to think about other scenarios. I believe I'll be satisfied as long as I get a BQ for 2014! :) And if I can't do that, I can try again at Three Bridges and/or Disney! * Race Time Predictor Chart | Women's Race Predictor | Jeff Galloway's Calculator | McMillan's calculator 3:28 - 3:31 potential based on 10K PR 3:30 - 3:32 - 3:33 based on 1/2 marathon PR 3:24 - 3:25 based on 10 miler PR FYI: If I run the first half of Chicago any faster than 1:48:00, I will be asking for trouble!  I'd like to stay between 1:48-1:52 for the first half. And run 1:46-1:51 for the 2nd half. 2012 Chicago Marathon 2011 Chicago Marathon Race Day Temperatures High: 52°F Low: 41°F High: 80°F Low: 57°F Race Start Temperature 42°F 59°F SUPER COOL TOOL! Marathon Time Conversion = Charlottesville Marathon in 3:38:04 Boston Marathon Chicago Marathon Walt Disney World Marathon Comparable Finish Time  3:26:23  3:33:41  3:36:54 Course Time Difference -0:05:21 -0:05:25 -0:05:22 Weather Time Difference -0:06:19 +0:01:03 +0:04:12 Total Finish Time Difference -0:11:40 -0:04:22 -0:01:09 Compare Race Details to Charlottesville Marathon Compare Race Details to Charlottesville Marathon Compare Race Details to Charlottesville Marathon Comparing last year's Chicago Marathon with my PR Kilometers chicago '11 cville PR Miles Net 5K 0:26:32 24:43.2 3m Net 10K 0:52:42 48:55.5 6m Net 15K 1:18:53 1:12:44 9m Net 20K 1:45:37 1:37:17 12m Net Half 1:51:40 1:45:18 13m Net 25K 2:13:56 2:01:49 15m Net 30K 2:43:25 2:27:30 18m Net 35K 3:16:35 2:53:18 21m Net 40K 3:52:15 3:20:53 24m 26.2 miles 4:07:45 3:38:04 26.2 miles mile-by-mile spilts for top 4 marathons.... Cville PR!!! nat'l 2nd fastest 3bridges 3rd fastest disney 4th fastest 1 0:08:19 8:19 n/a n/a 0:09:18 9:18 0:08:59 8:59 1 2 0:16:19 8:01 n/a n/a 0:18:45 9:28 0:17:48 8:50 2 3 0:24:43 8:24 n/a n/a 0:27:54 9:09 0:26:29 8:42 3 4 0:32:47 8:05 n/a n/a 0:36:55 9:01 0:34:59 8:31 4 5 0:40:35 7:48 n/a n/a 0:46:16 9:22 0:43:43 8:44 5 6 0:48:55 8:21 n/a n/a 0:54:57 8:41 0:52:19 8:37 6 7 0:56:49 7:54 n/a n/a 1:03:40 8:44 1:00:47 8:28 7 8 1:04:34 7:45 n/a n/a 1:12:41 9:01 1:09:25 8:38 8 9 1:12:44 8:11 n/a n/a 1:21:57 9:17 1:18:01 8:37 9 10 1:21:03 8:19 n/a n/a 1:31:04 9:07 1:26:37 8:37 10 11 1:29:03 8:01 n/a n/a 1:39:15 8:12 1:35:24 8:47 11 12 1:37:17 8:15 n/a n/a 1:47:15 8:01 1:44:14 8:50 12 13 1:45:19 (8:02) 2:01:32 (9:17) 1:55:37 (8:50) 1:55:11 (8:48) 13 14 1:53:30 8:11 n/a n/a 2:04:37 9:00 2:02:04 9:01 14 15 2:01:49 8:20 n/a n/a 2:13:58 9:22 2:10:49 8:46 15 16 2:10:17 8:28 n/a n/a 2:23:26 9:28 2:19:42 8:53 16 17 2:18:56 8:40 n/a n/a 2:32:08 8:43 2:28:45 9:03 17 18 2:27:31 8:35 n/a n/a 2:40:43 8:36 2:37:41 8:57 18 19 2:36:16 8:46 n/a n/a 2:49:23 8:40 2:46:51 9:10 19 20 2:45:05 8:49 n/a n/a 2:58:32 9:10 2:56:03 9:12 20 21 2:53:18 8:14 n/a n/a 3:08:06 9:34 3:05:27 9:24 21 22 3:02:04 8:46 n/a n/a 3:17:51 9:46 3:14:49 9:23 22 23 3:10:59 8:55 n/a n/a 3:27:03 9:13 3:24:16 9:27 23 24 n/a 9:55 n/a n/a 3:35:36 8:34 3:33:10 8:54 24 25 n/a 9:14 n/a n/a 3:44:32 8:56 3:42:28 9:19 25 26 n/a 9:11 n/a n/a 3:54:17 9:46 3:52:00 9:32 26 FINAL 3:38:04 (8:19) 3:54:47 (8:58) 3:55:04 (8:58) 3:56:07 (9:01) FINAL 2nd half 1:52:55 (+7min) (8:37) 1:53:15 (-8min!) (8:39) negative split! 1:59:27 (+4min) (9:07) 2:00:56 (+5min) (9:14)