Yes, the title says it all !

I ran Grandma's Marathon in Duluth MN,  ths was goign to be my first Marathon. had friends doing it and also had other that I run with sa it was a great course to run.. 

the course was great enough rolling hills and turns to keep your mind off the running aspect of the course.  I started off with the 3:40 pacer and stayed with him for about 3 miles and then started to pull ahead.  I was feeling good taking in the water at the water stops and was keepign a good pace around 8:10 - 8:00 miles.  weired thing though beween mile 3-5 my right foot was tingaling like it was a sleep..  thank good t disapated b mile 5 was getting a little woried.  Also by my 11 was not to far behind the 3:30 pace group was goign all right take it easy David and yo will have a 3:30's marathon not bad for the first time. Then the heat kicked in for a run that runs along the biggest body on inland water you woudl think there would be a nice cool breze...  nope very sunny no clouds in the sky and the temp and humidty keep on going up.   By mile 15 I was feeling the effects of the sun and heat keeped pushing the water but stopped the Gels and Cliff Blocks.  (Bad Mistake I need to keep pushing them into me.. learned my leason there )

I saw a  group member from my running group and walked with him for a bit he looked bet you could tell the heat was getting to him I walk for a bit to cheer him up and to get going the 3:40 pacer was not to far behind us at that time.  I stayed ahead of the 3:40 pace till about mile 19 where I saw a water station I was walking through them to grab as much water and poor it on me and iced sponges to keep me cool.  about this time my parents saw me of courcse onthe other side of the road.. 

the rest run was just to keep going keep my pace and walk through the water stations and stay in the shade as much as I can..  I finished with a gun time of 3:49:54  and a chip time of 3:48:12  oh by the way I lost my chip after the 10K mat so I had to find a timer at the end to get my bib number into the system so that my time woudl be good..  the funny thing was that someone picked up my chip and came in with a time of 5:42:??  and my mother was wondering why she was getting txt msg after I finished the race..

Over all very happy now off for Lifetime Triathalon Sprint on July 11 and then a week off then start up again for Twin Cities Marathon