Rock ‘n’ Roll Raleigh Marathon - Run

I was seriously undertrained for this event and battling a sore Achilles from Tuesday' run which I had to cut short due to extreme pain. Planned on 3/1 run walk, but crowd was too big so ran mile 1. Hoped to walk then, but still a little crowded so I ran to mile 2, but once there was feeling good and saw I was run sub 9 miles so I figured I go as far as the Achilles would let me. Walked the aid stations. A few muscles tightened and the Achilles squawked a bit hear and there, but I just ran mindfully and focused on breathing. Set a nice PR.

Train.

Medal weighs a ton. Expo was simply amazing. Beautiful course. Found myself wondering why some local races missed this route. Hilly, but fair as I said above. Medical tent ever two miles followed by water point .2 mi after that. Never saw a race with a medical tent every two miles. I can see how heat would be a problem after 9:30 or so, but through 10am it was under 70 and there was lots of shade (especially compared to the IM 70.3 run course) and it was very cool in the shadows of buildings downtown. So sad for the families of the two guys who passed away.