fall 50 pace card

Splits by leg

Leg	Watch mi	Cum. mi	Climb ft	LY pace	Target pace	Leg time	Clock at end	LY clock	vs LY
1Hilly	5.39	5.39	404	8:13	8:30	45:50	0:47:08	0:44:06	+3:02
2	6.27	11.67	231	8:09	8:25	52:48	1:41:14	1:36:09	+5:05
3Hilly	7.14	18.80	356	8:23	8:30	1:00:40	2:43:12	2:36:40	+6:32
4	4.93	23.73	179	8:51	8:35	42:18	3:26:48	3:21:09	+5:39
5	5.04	28.78	256	9:22	8:40	43:42	4:11:48	4:09:54	+1:54
6	3.87	32.65	163	9:34	8:40	33:32	4:46:38	4:49:31	−2:53
7	4.08	36.73	261	9:30	8:45	35:44	5:23:40	5:31:30	−7:50
8Hilly	6.22	42.95	331	9:21	8:50	54:56	6:19:54	6:33:34	−13:40
9	2.95	45.90	117	9:25	8:50	26:06	6:47:18	7:02:44	−15:26
10	4.72	50.62	173	8:28	8:40	40:53	7:29:29	7:42:38	−13:09
Total	50.62		2,471	8:48	8:37	7:16:29	7:29:29	7:42:38	−13:09

Paces are per watch mile. LY = 2025 moving pace on that leg. Clock assumes 78 s of stopped time per leg (13:00 total). Plus = behind last year, minus = ahead.

Climbing by leg

404 ft

231 ft

356 ft

179 ft

256 ft

163 ft

261 ft

331 ft

117 ft

L10

173 ft

Elevation gain per leg from last year's watch file. Legs 2 and 6 are net downhill.

Assumptions

Same course as 2025. Each Strava lap from last year is one leg.
Watch distance reads 50.6 mi, as it did last year. If it reads closer to 50.2, aim for the official 8:42 average instead.
13:00 of stopped time, spread across the legs. Last year was about 17:00, with roughly 7:30 of that in leg 8.
Fitness: Fox Cities Marathon 3:20:06 on Sept 20 (7:35 per watch mile). Recent 15–18 mi long runs around 8:35.
The first marathon matches last year. About 3:43 of running through 26.2. The gain comes from holding pace on legs 5–9.

Race rules

Heart rate cap through leg 3: ≤145 on flats, low 150s only on climbs. Last year leg 1 averaged 152.
Run hills by effort. Legs 1, 3 and 8 carry the most climbing. Give back time there.
Bank gently on legs 2 and 4. Slightly quicker, never hard.
Hold 8:40–8:50 on legs 5–9. This is where last year slipped to 9:20–9:35.
Fuel every 30 min from the start. Carbs on a schedule, not on feel.
Walk through aid, don't stand. Getting stops to 10:00 adds 3 minutes of cushion.

Sub-7:30 Pace Card

Splits by leg

Climbing by leg

Assumptions

Race rules