Well, marathon #2 is done. It definitely wasn't as painful as #1; however, I didn't do as well as I wanted to. However, it was super fun with the BT cast of thousands hundreds many! I had an absolute blast hanging out with Trixie, Fitphd, theattorney and everyone else! Trixie and Fit and I hung together for the 1st half avg. about a 9 minute mile. Then Fit's ITB really started acting up and Trixie decided to stick with her and I wanted to see if I could maintain the pace. Suffice to say, I would have had way more fun sticking with them. Without their energy and fun-ness, the 2nd half was dull and though I never really hit a sudden wall, I definitely fell off the pace. I just couldn't keep hanging. Poo. In any event, it was only my 2nd marathon, and I just wanted to experiment with how my body. Next time I think I'm going to try the run/walk--if I do another before IMFL since Lord knows I will be run/walking the marathon on that mutthafucka!

Follow the training plan and not spend the last 2 months prior to race day commuting coast to coast every week. While I did my long runs consistently, I really quit doing the true interval and LT runs during the weekdays after the first month or so. I would put the right milage in, but not do the right type and intensity of training. So what I ended up with was a very very very light milage program.

Uh, stew.