Jeff Andrew and I drove 400+ miles to Springfield, MO and ran the Run For The Ranch Marathon. I did really well, much better than I could have expected. The course was relatively flat with rolling inclines, but the big story was the 15 mph SW wind. I used my new Garmin, which lost its signal a couple of times, it measured at 25.88. I had 1:31:30 half way, so I negative split it. Didn't really hit the wall until 23 miles and even so, I only slowed down to 7:33 pace the last 2+ miles. Fastest mile was 11th mile in 6:39. With the wind and all, the splits were all over the place. I'm satisfied with the race. I wouldn't have done anything different for the race. Now all I have to do is actually do some "marathon" training for Chicago or NY this Fall. Meanwhile, still going to focus on setting a PR at the Indy Mini. | 