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Sorry for the bad race. Hopefully you can get over this illness soon!

Weird stuff happens sometimes, but this one seems pretty cut and dried -- for me at least it is really hard to get past an illness of any kind for anything longer than a 10K. Still a very respectable time, by the way.

You came in 12th place. I'm guessing you must've been in the lead to get "passed by so many people at the end."

On the upside, you ran a great 10 mile tempo for your November marathon. :) Seriously, I hope you recover soon and get what you need out of these last few weeks of training. Take it easy and get well soon.

Sorry for the mishap Joe. I can't imagine this was from lack of conditioning, you've been running strong. I wouldn't consider this waste of $75 but a good experience, another race under your belt and preparation for you're bigger races coming up. Besides that you now have another trophy to display! :-)

Getting sick just takes a lot out of you. Even when the symptoms go away, your body isn't recovered for a hard, long effort yet. Sorry it didn't go well, but I don't know if there is anything else you really could have done (other than not get sick)

Andrea - thanks, I think I am on the mend now.

Flat - yeah, feeling ok and running ok are not necessarily bound together after being sick I guess.

Burt - ok, I guess I only got passed by 4 or 5 but it felt like the entire town!

Neil - yeah pretty much 11 @ MP or better...can't complain about it as a workout

IJR - you're right, I forgot the money for the babysitter. It was over $100! But yeah, I had some decent runs a few weeks ago so this is probably nothing to sweat about.

Jake - I think next time the kids get sick I will just pen them up outside to quarantine them. Don't call social services, ok?

sorry about the tough race -- illness can take some time to bounce back from and racing puts quite a strain on your body. as mentioned above, you still got a good workout in (even though it probably felt terrible). rest up and you'll bounce back. the fitness is there.

well. beats my half marathon pr. :) You've had a lot of great mileage and consistency, definitely blame it on illness! I totally agree with everything Allie just said.

We all know it is NOT that you are in terrible shape! Hope you are feeling better soon, forget about the darn $75!

Def. due to illness, Joe. Don't sweat it. Good race up to the end. A similar thing happened to me in Geist Half this year. On pace for a PR and then my body remembered that I had been sick the days before... sucks, sry to hear it happened to you.

You got in some miles at a bit faster than marathon pace, Joe. Your medium longs and longs have been 30ish seconds slower than this pace, so its not a matter of fitness. You've got a few weeks. Keep a respirator handy in case the kiddos are struck by illness again.

Oh man, what a bummer. I know the feeling of getting passed at the end all too well. About 200 or 300 people passed me the last 6 miles of the St. George Marathon and there was nothing I could do about it. But we all know you're in terrific shape. You'll do better at the next one.

allie - thanks, sometimes I have a hard time looking at the big picture

april - illness it is. gotta put the blame somewhere other than with myself.

kelli - tough to be a cheap runner!

joe - sounds like about what happened to me - felt like the right pace until about halfway into it.

jason - definitely a good workout, if nothing else.

dale - it's a terrible feeling, isn't it! congrats on finishing though.