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Comments: I decided to wear the shoes I bought in the expo on Friday. I know you aren't supposed to do something on Race day you don't normally do but since every pair of running shoes I own give my blisters I figured I had nothing to loose. I used J&J blister protection thingys on my insteps. RUn started on time. Did the first mile in 10:18..pretty good for me...a few seconds into the second mile stopped to pee, second miles 10:35 excluding pitstop. I actually was feeling pretty good. I actually felt like a runner. My hip didn't hurt. I had magic new shoes. I think I started taking my 2 minute walk breaks during mile 3. Times went down hill from there. Saw Janice on the other side of the road and waved. I was at the half way point in 52 minutes. I was feeling pretty good til about an hour into it and both legs started rebelling. I have never ever run that far in my life. Longest run to date is 7.5ish. Plan was to run the last 5K but it wasn't happening. Walked the rest stops. Time is an estimate off my watch. I escaped with only one small blister on my left foot. What would you do differently?: I need more time running. Need to work on my biomechanics. I almost feel like I would have been better off if I had just kept running.  Post race
Warm down: Renee and Max and Lane were at the finish. Once I stopped for a few minutes my legs felt fine. I wasn't real tired or anything. Walked around. Went back to my car for my dry clothes. Changed and found Hollis and Janice. Shopped. Met up with the majority of the BT crew at a restaurant. Skipped the OWS in favor of packing. What limited your ability to perform faster: I'm a terrible runner with loads of injuries new and old and lots of biomechanincal problems. Met with Biomechanist friend Monday. Working on it. Event comments: It was really great to meet everyone that night for the pasta dinner. Big time thanks to Renee for organizing everything despite the fact she was running her first marathon the next day!!!! Last updated: 2006-02-18 12:00 AM
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I picked up my race packet on Friday and saigned up Janice and picked up Hollis' race packet. Did the expo thing and lots of other goodies. Got new shoes. Hung out with my friend Joanne in the DonJoy booth. Met Trixie, Lane, Jean, Chris and Wendi and we went to a late lunch. Janice (foolproof) and Hollis (possum) stayed with me Friday night. We went to dinner at Chillis and to bed early.
Janice and Hollis wanted to follow me over. Unfortunately I don't know downtwon Tampa well and teh only exit I know was blocked off. I was very afraid of losing them and had no idea where I was going. Renee was calling me asking where I was parked. Heartrate in zone one. After a time consuming romp thru Tampa make our way to the garage and the stupid person in front of me has to get out of her car to pay becuase her purse is int he trunk.AAARGGGHHHH Heart rate in zone 2. Clearly she is not a runner doing the race and take her sweet time. We finally get parked but I loose Hollis and Janice in the garage. The original plan was to drop gear at the convention center but now there is not time. Renee is calliing, Janice is calling....find everyone, find the start. There are about 500 people in line for the bathroom. I'm too stressed to wait in line but Hollis and Janice get in line. I find my Plant City friends and chat before the race. They are uber fast tho and I know I can;t run with them. I am stressing because I did not get to stretch because of the afore mentioned snafus. A big thanks to Renee for coming to my race :)