FINISHER!!!
I finished my first marathon today!!! I had hoped to run between 4-4.5 hrs. but..... ended up doing it in 5.
I was a tad disappointed in my time but very proud that I completed the entire 26.2 miles.
Running a marathon is both a physical and mental battle. You need to be in pretty good physical shape but the mental battle is quite something. I really had to talk myself through many kilometeres. I would say things like - "how awesome is it going to be when you reach 30 kms, then 35, then 37 and then 40.
At about 28 kms. I was really hurting and had to walk for about 5 minutes. At the 35 km. mark I was just mad at myself and kept yelling at myself to keep going -sometimes out loud.
I crossed the line fairly strong - Felicia got it on video which was pretty cool.
I was soooooo sore after! I had a post-race maddage which helped a lot. I ran into an old friend Rick Smith who runs lots of marathons.
Spent the afternoon recovering.
We head home tomorrow and will post more pics then.
sn
I was a tad disappointed in my time but very proud that I completed the entire 26.2 miles.
Running a marathon is both a physical and mental battle. You need to be in pretty good physical shape but the mental battle is quite something. I really had to talk myself through many kilometeres. I would say things like - "how awesome is it going to be when you reach 30 kms, then 35, then 37 and then 40.
At about 28 kms. I was really hurting and had to walk for about 5 minutes. At the 35 km. mark I was just mad at myself and kept yelling at myself to keep going -sometimes out loud.
I crossed the line fairly strong - Felicia got it on video which was pretty cool.
I was soooooo sore after! I had a post-race maddage which helped a lot. I ran into an old friend Rick Smith who runs lots of marathons.
Spent the afternoon recovering.
We head home tomorrow and will post more pics then.
sn
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We were so happy to be there and see the big finish. We are enjoying the beautiful weather on the island and going for long walks.