Ran with my IM buddy Dave C. We did IMWI a month ago and were doing TCM 'for fun'. We both wore IM finisher garb so it was fun to get recognized by folks that know what am M Dot logo is. We didn't really know how much fun it'd be in the heat/humity. Of course we haven't run anything over 8 miles since IM so we didn't really know what to expect.

He locked his GPS into ~9 min miles and we held there till about mi 13. The rough part was that my HR was about 20 pbm over normal for that pace. I parted ways with Dave at about mi 13.5

Pounded endurolytes/gel and as much water at the aid stations as my body would handle.

Highlights: Run/walking with all sorts of injured folks. Too funny. Kinda tells you what pace I was going at today.

We ran into a guy names Hans from Germany who is running IM Florida next month. I hope TCM didn't hurt his prospects for his first IM finish.

An ambulance came down the road right at the runners to pick up a runner who had crashed in the heat. Emergency personnel had their hands full today!

This was the first marathon that I seriously thought I wouldn't be able to finish. Legs were just toast and started cramping in the 22+ mile area. Made some pretty decent decisions to walk/hydrate and hit the electroytes to manage to stumble home.

This was a really tough run.

Prolly not run a full marathon quite so soon post IM

Hit the chicken broth pretty hard after the race. My sweet wife also had some flat coke for me to sip on.


80 degrees, sunny, windy, 69 degree dewpoint. IMWI


This race is very well run and had a TON of volunteers at all the aid stations as well as EMS sites. Love it.