Marathon #2 Complete!

I rocked. I rolled. I came in 10 minutes faster than last year. YEAH.

Oh yeah and about the lovely weather predicted - LIES, ALL LIES. Sun came out early and it got hot. Luckily, many of the homes we passed in residential neighborhoods had hoses spraying water into the street for runners to pass through. Verrrry nice.

My fabulous plan to run a fast race just didn't work out, but I did run quite steadily. I promised myself before the race that if I had the energy left at the end that I was gonna go as hard as I could. So toward the end, in the last four miles I had a little mantra going in my head that kept me going: "If I got it, I'm gonna give it" and I said it to the beat of my running "If I got it, 2, 3, I'm gonna give it, 2, 3..." and so on. Sometimes I'd throw in a little "I got it!" Hehe, it's a little silly but it totally kept me going. Another thing that helped were people holding up signs that said "Pain is temporary" :) I thought, yeah it is! Screw it I'm going to run hard!!.... And now I'm in pain :) But it was worth it.

Ready to go at 6am
(For my Alaska peeps, notice the very fine Ron Seater shirt - I was showing UAS math club pride)

Woo! 4 miles done

There's my final run to the finish - squint and you can see me - squint harder and you can see my awesome bulging calves

The victorious finisher!

Jenny Dolan: Marathon Conquerer
About 5 minutes later I was passed out on the couch

Here's my Garmin readout. I'm a total geek, I love this stuff. Just try not to pay attention to the large spikes which are my walking breaks.... hehe

Here's my route over the course via the Garmin Forerunner 205.


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We'll see if this happens again next year :)