Paced my friend through his first race and his first full marathon. We started out a bit slow on the first mile so I picked up the pace and dropped down to around 8:10. I could tell by 6-7 he was already struggling to maintain the pace I was setting.

Around mile 8 I was starting to drop him a bit so I dropped back and we kinda played this accordion game for awhile. Took a gel every 45mins and tried to drink water at every aid station. Once we got down to the lake around mile 12 I could tell it was going to be close for him to break 4 hours. We crossed the halfway point at 1:53ish. I told him that we could slow down over a min per mile and still break 4 hours.

Unfortunately he continued to slow, but I stayed with him cause that was the plan. 16 was our first 10min mile at 10:06. 21 ended up being our slowest at 11:56. I was having fun with it at this point so at the "aid stations" they had beer I took one. Continued to run 11+ min miles in to the finish.

Overall I felt really good and didn't have any complaints. I wish we could have run faster because it was difficult running that slow, but I'm happy I ran with my friend and overall we had a good time. Super proud of him.

Nothing.

Beer and walking. Then to Mexican food.


My friend. haha


My third Dallas Full marathon. Probably the 6th or 7th time I've run out there. Unfortunately the course is constantly changing. I miss the old course, but it is what it is. Still a great race that's highly organized.