Texas Marathon - RunMarathon

The first two loops went really well. After the first one, we decided to strip some of the outer layers. Our bag was right there, so it was no problem. I'm sure we lost 5 to 10 min, but it was worth it. I also applied more body glide. Another thing that took some time was we got together for a pic with Cliff, his wife was waiting with her camera. We ran that first loop with Cliff, but then he went on while we stopped to change. The second loop was good, too. I think we had 2:25 at the 13.1 mark. On loop 3 Joe was suffering, so I waited for him at the aid stations. At one point I massaged the cramps out of his calves. On loop 4, we were both suffering, big time. We walked some, and were being passed by walkers as we ran, that's how slow we were. We just wanted to be done so bad!

The only thing that I would change is that, if we hadn't had injuries, we needed to get our run distance up more. We were both ok for the first 20 miles, it was the last 6.2 that did us in. Considering the injuries we had, I think we did well. We finished!

Cliff got a picture of us, and we took another with him. We got our finisher monkey and medal, walked around a little then sat down in the grass. We got up and went into the clubhouse. Joe started feeling very sick, dizzy and dry heaving. I got him some cold wet towels, sprite, and chex mix. The towels and sprite did the trick and he was much better. We then ate a little of the pizza (yuck Cici's), a couple cookies, and some water. We headed home right after we ate.


Lack of training, injuries.


This was a fun race, very different from Houston, small and friendly. I enjoyed it in a very different way. I'm not sure whether I'll do this one next year or Houston. The lack of crowds was nice:)