Ok so after being "un blogged" for a long time I can finally get back to it. Being superstitious about running as I am sometimes I felt like I needed to hide out and train under the radar if I was going to really get a good one in and Cedar was it. thursday and friday I was feeling off,like I was coming down with a cold or something so I was a bit concerned how things would go. Any way skip to night before the race paranoid me sets the hotel alarm clock then my cell alarm and last my watch alarm lol. Lucky for my ocd paid off,the hotel alarm didn't go off(the whole am/pm thing) but my cell alarm did whew one disaster averted. And looking at my messages Tiff texted in the middle of the night asking if I had registered for The Boston Marathon since registration started monday and I could officially register on wednesday...and of course I hadn.t so I made Joe wait while I went on and did my registration,huge mistake sidestepped!!! Now off to the race. Skip to the start line.I Lined up close to the front, unusual for me but I wanted to see what it was like up there. From the start of the race there were about 15 to 20 taking off as the lead pack and I wanted no part of that. I knew what effort level I was looking for and wasnt going to be sucked into something I wasn't ready for. I quickly hit right where I had wanted fast and relaxed letting the hill do the majority of the work, I could still see the lead pack stringing out and was content with where I was. By the time I hit the half way mark I had managed to pass the two girls who were ahead of me they were really running well but i was in a groove and determined to ride it out. Two miles later I had managed to catch another set of guys that were fading a bit but I seemed to have dialed into a really good pace and was feeling pretty strong yet. Getting to the bottom of the canyon I finally let myself look at my watch it read 1:14 something so doing some math in my head and figuring my fade level which at this point I could feel fatigue creeping in.I made a mental note that if I just managed to keep my legs moving I may have a shot at a pr (really was looking for a 1:25 which was my goal). Winding through the neighborhoods and turning left then right feeling like the wheels were coming off finally the home stretch I was going to make it!!! Getting close to the finish line I was shocked to see 1:21 so I gave everything I had left and crossed before it changed to 1:22 woo hoo PR by almost 5 min. so I hope I have not offended anyone by seeming to ignore the social aspects the last bit it was my own superstitions lol but I will try to be better :) | 