Pretty cool marathon. Perfect weather, cool & overcast. Lots of crowd support. The cut-outs of Kevin Ware were awesome! Running into Churchill Downs was cool! This course is much tougher than I thought it would be. The hills in the park are tough and the last hill (about mile 23) was really hard.

I started out with a slower pace, still not sure if I'm gonna run the Pig next weekend or not. I'm glad I went conservative, cuz those hills took more out of me than I expected. I averaged 10:45 until about mile 21 or so, then I just got exhausted and had to walk alot.

I like that they handed out mini bottles of water that you could carry with you.

This was my 11th stand alone marathon.

I tried a one week taper this time; ran 22 miles last weekend. That might not have been my best idea...LOL!

Crossed finish line, got my medal (awesome medal!!), some water & a banana.

Met my husband, who waited almost 2 hours for me in the chute!! He PR'd with a 3:08 and got 2nd in his age group (45-49)!


Oh, who knows....so many variables. I run 'em cuz I love to!


Very cool race. I would definitely participate again and/or recommend it to someone else.