Very cold start.
Felt good. Ran with JeremyTrains the whole way. He hadn't trained and said he would drop off at some point, but never did.
1-17 were good. Felt like no problem. Stopped to pee twice. Saw dh (David tri's) at start, mile 7 and mile 13.
17-20 was where things started to go bad last year, so I was concentrating on this part.
At 20 I thought I was home free, then looked around and realized that's where my stomach cramps had started last year. Actually felt them at the exact same spot and convinced myself it was psychosomatic.
20 to 22 were OK, but we had run out of things to talk about. However Jeremy was very good mentally and was shouting things to the crowd. We were in UA, which is where he moved to, so he was yelling stuff to the spectators.
22-23 was quieter. I knew I would see dh again at 23 and was looking for him for a mental boost. Jeremy saw him as we were almost past him, and we also saw Brue (bruehoyt). That was good. A nice distraction. Then we had a couple hills, which, at that point, were really tough. It was all mental from that point on, but 24 to 25 were pretty silent. No bands really, and Jeremy and I were both just quiet. His foot was hurting a lot. I was hurting, too and really wanted to walk, but didn't say anything. He was picking up the pace, either to get done faster, or to try to get a different footfall that was more comfortable. Mile 25 was nice because the crowds and music picked up, and we could see finishers out on the course cheering, so I started to think about the finish and being done. I also remembered I set my Garmin for a 26.2 virtual partner and knew my watch would stop before the end of the race, since the course is a little longer (for regulation sake), and we not gone in a perfectly straight line. I did catch it when it shut off, and started the timer back up. By then we were coming up to the last turn.
I was really happy to be done and felt great for one minute, then immediately felt cold and tight and awful and found a curb to sit down on.

Maybe a little more training in the final month. After my HIM, I stopped running and swimming to focus on running, but this resulted in lower overall fitness, because I was only running about every other day.

None. Could barely walk. Walked around the finish area and back to the car.


Training.
Also was talking a lot at the beginning and not paying a ton of attention to my form. Although this turned out to be mostly OK, because the chiro adjustment made it easier for me to hold a good posture.



I don't really do post race stuff. The schwag was not much this year. I think because of the economy. But we did get a free Headsweats hat at the finish. That was nice.