I did achieve my goal time of under two hours, just barely! I finished in 223rd place out of nearly 1900 women. My net time was 1:57:05. =) Overall, I'm pleased. Miles 1-8 were great. Miles 9-10 were a little tough - my feet had started to hurt. Mile 11 was pretty hard, mile 12 was harder still and mile 13 ... my head was starting to spin. I really, really did not think I would make it to the finish. But I did ... and I even had a tiny bit left for a sprint at the end to pass a couple of people at the last second. It was a hard race, but then again, it should have been. If it were easy, it wouldn't be worthwhile.

Not run in shoes that had trudged through six inches of rain for an hour the week before ... um, duh ...

Walked around a little. Ate something small, tried to fight the urge to lie down on the parking lot.


My feet hurt! Shoes sucked.