Marathon

Both this blog and the tracker went a little under utilized this year, however that didn't stop Adam or myself from finishing our goals! Adam completed his first half marathon yesterday and I finished my second full marathon!

It's kinda funny because I quite literally have been bitching and moaning about running for over a month now. I didn't complete all of my training runs and missed some crucial long runs. I was convinced I wasn't ready for this full and had even debated dropping out and only doing the half. To be quite honest, the only thing that stopped me was when i told my friend Sarah (the one who convinced me to sign up for that craziness) Shen pretty much said "if you drop out, I'll kill you" so not knowing how serious she truly was (plus she convinced me that I could be fine as long as I got one more long run in) and I am a huge cheap ass and didn't want to lose out on 80 bucks, I just stayed in.

I'm really glad I did. The morning of the race was as exciting as ever. There were 15,000 people estimated to be downtown that morning and you could feel the vibe coming from all over. I just tried not to think about how when that bell rings, I'm going to be running until lunch time.

Anyways, the run was awesome! I felt great the entire time and never hit the wall. My experience this time around was so much better. I went a little slower this time because I had been training at a slower pace and didn't want to push myself to an exhaustion point where I had to drop out. In hindsight, probably could've gone a little faster, but who cares. I had energy all the way till the end and only really started fo feel pain in my legs around mile 24.

It's races like this that keep me signing up for more. I still have energy and endorphins left over from yesterday and it's taking me a lot of will power not to work out or run today. Even better, I'm a little sore today, but nothing like the last time were I felt like I was immobiliezed for a week.

Anyways, I'm doing a horrible job explaining this so I'll just leave off by saying it was awesome. Will I sign up for another one? Let's just say it's not as black and white as it white as it was before the race. :-)