Wow... My first Marathon. I really wasn't ready for this. I'd hurt my leg on March 31 at the Dirty Du and had not gotten very much training in over the month of April That really set me back. Plus, I've not gotten myself used to that much distance. My legs just didn't want to go any further than mile 17 or so. The last 10 miles were all done on shear will power only!

I stuck to my plan for the most part and ran 10 min walked 2 or 3 minutes. I was able to stick to that plan until about mile 20 and then it was just run what I could and walk until I felt I could run again. I don't know if it is possible to be over hydrated, but for the first half of the marathon, I had to stop and pee at just about every porta-pottie! It was really irritating.

I never felt any problems cardio wise, but my legs just didn't want to go on anymore. I really think that if I'd trained better for this, then I would have easily been able to run more, walk less, and come in in a much better position.

The course was fun and fairly easy. It is definitely a great first Marathon.

Train harder and better!!

Crawl to the car and wimper. does that count? At some bananas and drank a lot of water!


My legs just aren't ready for that distance. I need to build up more endurance on the legs!


So, I don't know a lot about Marathons, but I thought this was a great race. Volunteers were everywhere and water and other needs were well provided. Aside from not being really ready for this, I had a lot of fun and it was great to be a part of.