WOW! I can now say I have run a marathon. What an awesome experience. All of last winters running outside in crappy weather had paid off because I had no worries or fears regarding the weather. However, there was a little mishap right before the start. I checked to see if my GU's were okay and they were, however as soon as I passed the chip mat I felt my pockets and they were all gone but one. I decided not to panic and worst case scenario I would only GU at mile thirteen. I was so happy at mile 3 when the were giving them out and I stock up and held on to them and ended up dropping one along the way but grabbed another at the next stop. Here are the details: Mile 1: 8:36 - right on track and feeling good, trying not to panic about the GU Mile 2: 8:24 - Feeling good - See Dean from the BBK. Mile 3: 8:04 - Still right on track and loving it! Mile 4: 7:58 - More of the same Mile 5: 8:03 - Ditto Mile 6: 7:52 - Ditto x 2 Mile 7: 7:50 - Getting ready for Veyo hill - See Jamie and Linday Kryling
Mile 8: 9:37 - Veyo Hill - OUCH! I wasn't as worried about this as I was the miles just after but it kicked my butt! THANK YOU to Koby from the blog for not letting me walk and keeping me going - YOU ROCK! We ended up running together until mile 13. Mile 9: 8:57 - Starting to fall behind the pace but I am okay with that because I do not want to push at this point. Mile 10: 8:44 - Just working up the hill Mile 11: 8:45 - Keep trucking up the hill Mile 12: 8:25 - Oops! more hill than I thought Mile 13: 8:05 - Half way point! YEAH!!!!! This came fast! Mile 14: 8:45 - Trying to still keep it slow and no pushing yet. Mile 15: 8:00 - Calfs start cramping and they never went away but I survived.
Mile 16: 8:14 - Feeling good. Mile 17: 7:57 - Winchester Hill - I began being my own motivational speaker and cheerleader at this point and for the remainder of the marathon it went like this " You can do it! You are strong!" Repeated over and over and over again! Mile 18: 8:25 - Going up the hill Mile 19: 8:20 - Enjoying the run and really starting to feel good Mile 20: 7:50 - Decide to let myself go and have fun - Maybe a little to early. Mile 21: 7:41 - Lovin' it! Mile 22: 8:21 - Getting ready to see my family - Gotta look good!
Mile 23: 8:03 - 5K to go and happy to see my family cheering! Mile 24: 7:58 - Feeling okay but really having to push to keep my pace down Mile 25: 8:19 - Hanging on, legs are tired and hurting. My blurry vision is coming and I am trying to keep seeing.
Mile 26: 8:44 - Hitting the wall! So happy I made it this far before this happened. For those of you that have seen "Run, Fat Boy, Run" I just tried not to have a Dennis moment. Focusing on the finish and getting there. .2: 2:29 - Do not want to fall, trying to stay upright and get across the finish line. This was a great experience. I learned I need to spend more time running hills but I am so happy with my time and that I Boston Qualified! Congrats to everyone who ran today! Way to be tough in the rain and wind and persevere!
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