Marathon Success !
Definition: Crossing the finish line after 26.2 miles on foot and I'm still alive!! |
| Pre-race 0600 - when we were still whole |
OMG - I have never been so happy to cross a finish line in my life lol. Huge kudos and shout outs to my marathon training friends at Sierra Running Company. Could NOT have done it without seeing all of you out on the race course at the switchbacks.
Thank you for the coaches, John/Katie/Jason for running with us and cheering us on after having run 1/2 and whole marathons right before ours. It was awesome to see Anita who ran the Marine Corp marathon the week before and I was soooo envious that she was done already but she still joined us at Two Cities to cheer us on. Thank you to Nicole! for being my pace partner on our 10 min run/1 mile walk strategy to success:)
I swear, despite this being my sixth marathon - the pain is still the same, the questioning of life after mile 18 remains as deep as it did in 2005 at my first marathon in Long Beach, and the best part of all --> the sense of wonder and accomplishment that I ran (walked and ran whatever hehe) the distance from Clovis to past-Kingsburg is priceless!
I never know how I did it but I knew that I COULD do it. And yes, literally I do not remember how I got from mile 19 when my legs started rebelling and freezing up on me to the turn on Audubon and across the finish line.
So its post-race day #2 and I'm getting plenty of an upper body work from lifting myself from sitting to standing and then back down again but I'm still on my runner's high and getting a kick from laughing at myself for walking like a duck:) I didn't reach my PR goal of sub-4:59 (hr:min) but I am perfectly okay with that considering was able to cross the finish line upright.
Only one question left... when's the next race? (yep still a little hypoxic hehe:)
Two Cities Marathon Fresno, CA
Nov 3, 2013 6:00AM
| Interval | Time of Day | Chip Time | Chip Pace | Gun Time | Gun Pace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | 7:03:09AM | ||||
| 10K | 8:08:46AM | 01:05:38 | 10:35 min/mi | 01:06:40 | 10:45 min/mi |
| Half Marathon | 9:27:37AM | 02:24:29 | 11:02 min/mi | 02:25:31 | 11:07 min/mi |
| 20 Miles | 10:51:59AM | 03:48:51 | 11:27 min/mi | 03:49:53 | 11:30 min/mi |
| Finish | 12:19:06PM | 05:15:58 | 12:04 min/mi | 05:17:00 | 12:06 min/mi |
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