Greg has all the data, but from discussion:

First few miles were around 7:10 pace. Didn't feel too bad, but he assured me that I did not want to keep that pace for long, so we slowed it down a little. Around mile 3 I couldn't hold my bladder anymore, so as soon as I saw a porta-john I peeled off and told Greg I'd catch up. Thankfully they hadn't got to far and I caught back up in about a half a mile. We kept pace under 8:00. Once we hit about 50 minutes, Greg suggested I hit up the Gu, so I did, another wise choice. I grabbed water two times at random points on the course, which was just the right amount. I'm glad Greg partied the night before, because I probably wouldn't have been able to keep up. We followed the 1:40 pacers (one of them a co-worker from Tech), and just tried to keep up. I didn't start feeling anything until somewhere between mile 11 and 12. At this point, I decided it was now or never to break 1:40. So as soon as we made the turn to mile 12 I picked up the pace. Greg finally let me go on, because of a small injury he was feeling (not an A race, so I understand). I felt like PRing with pizazz, so another lady and myself ran together and pushed it for the last .75. I was nearly 100ft from the turn to finish and my race belt falls off!! Argh!! I have to run back pick it up, and caught up to the lady (wish I would have gotten her name) and we ran as fast as are legs would let us under the finish banner!! As soon as I turn around to get a breather, Greg is right behind! I stayed for a second to thank the 1:40 pacers for doing such a great job. What a great race!

For my first Half-Mary, Nothing! Training paid off 100%!!

Grab some grub and cheered on the runners with some NAMC members! Great group of folks! After they headed out, I tried to stick around to see my friends finish the Marathon. I could only take the cold up till the 4hr mark and I had to head home. Well, found out they finished at 4:23 and 4:25, so missed them by just a little bit. We actually met up after we showered and hit the WAHO! It was glorious! And it was their first Full Marathon, so they had some good stories. What a great day. I'm truly blessed to have a great group of people that support me every day! Thanks everyone!


I'm not bionic!!


Awesome! And it was free for me, so even better!!