I didn't run great. My plan was to run 1/2 mile, walk a minute. This got jumbled up. I had my Garmin 301 on but since it was on wooded trails, it wasn't totally accurate. Thats ok though. Towards the end, I just went by what I could do and what I couldn't do. I tried to run as much as possible without stopping, but with my feet hurting like they were, I had to stop and walk to get the blood and feeling back. It was like running on stumps at the end. That is miserable.

Train more, probably not wear long pants. The rain soaked through them...though I did stay warm. The ball cap was a life saver.

water, eating, getting the very wet clothes off my bod. I waited around for a few hours, slept for part of that time, didn't drink like I should have. I paid for this by blacking out on the floor for a minute. That was really weird. That will teach me to keep drinking after the race. Once I drank some fluid, I was fine.


Lack of training and tons of hills. I am having problems with the balls of my feet hurting...this was after mile 6 or so...and my time slowed noticeably. I have a huge bloody blister on my second toe...which is painful. I think I could have done much better if I didn't have the foot problem.


I waited for the marathon finishers since my BF was running the marathon. I was really pissed when the organizers started tearing down the finish line more than a half hour before the race was to close. The guy doing it was smoking a ciggie and prolly hasn't seen his feet in years. This didn't impress me. When asked to not tear the signs down, (it wasn't me) he said, 'I have been out here since 5:30 and I am ready to go home'. In my opinion, this is poor. There were lots more finishers and the course was still officially open. The event was good besides the laziness of those particular people. BTW, my BF finished well before the race course closed and came home with a plaque. Yay!