I am happy for my first full marathon. I was able to keep up with the 4 hour pacer until mile 16 and kept the 9:10 min.mile and then I started fall off the pace. After mile 20 it was just a pure grinding session, one foot in front of the other. It pretty much took all my will power to continue. I am came close to walking a couple of times (you know those little voices that say "Just walk for a little bit"), but I knew from experience if I do that I am toast.
My wife was there to support me and that helped a lot.

I definitely need to work on my long distance running. The first half was actually very enjoyable, the pace was easy to keep (something I was not able to do last year). I only did 2 long runs (20 miler and a 16 miler at Umstead). Today was the first time I ever ran more than 20 miles.

Walk around, watch my buddy get an IV after finishing his marathon in 3:44 (crazy bastard...;-)...)


Not enough training, predominantly focused on swimming during off season.