60: Andy Buchanan – First Australian at Sydney Marathon!

So, okay, let's look at the scores on the doors, 2-10-14, a week on.

How are we feeling about the run, high level?

Yeah.

Um, mixed bag, I think mostly happy.

Um, for me, like it's a bit cliche, but the one, the mark of success was getting to the start line fit and healthy.

Um, I've had my name in for the last, I think four, three or four marathons and I haven't started any of them, uh, three actually.

So for me, it was about getting to the start line and the finish line, obviously.

Um, And the result was what it was kind of thing.

And I, I don't know, like I think cause I strung together so many consecutive marathons, I took for granted what it is to be marathon fit.

And that, that isn't just like a good eight, 10, 12 week marathon block.

It's actually the last year of, of marathon blocks or marathon races.

And I lacked that and it probably showed in the last 10K on how I felt on paper, probably showed in the last 5K.

I know people say, oh, it's hilly and all that kind of stuff, but just with how I was running downhill, like my legs were absolutely smashed.

So I'm a little disappointed in my last 5K because Nothing significant, but it's just that's not how I like to run marathons.

A lot of my marathons I haven't really like dropped off that much, whereas I dropped off a little bit.

Obviously really stoked to get first Australian.

I'm happy with that.

The field was a lot deeper than what I thought.

So my position, I don't even know where I finished.

I think 16th.

16th yeah I wanted top 10 but like again that was just comparing it to last year last year I obviously would have easily got top 10 and I knew that I wouldn't be able to control what that front group did so it's like putting a measure on that it's it's like how do you measure that so it doesn't sound that impressive but I think given who was there on the day and how I ran on yeah it's it's definitely a pass mark.

If I ran 209, I think I would have been like pretty stoked, but that's just how a runner's brain works.

I think like it's, it's pretty close, like 15 seconds off.

What does that really matter? But it's just like, I feel like we are, well myself and I know a lot of other runners are just like the numbers just really, really drive us.

So yeah, I'm, I'm happy, but I think I'm left wanting more.