JB's comments apply to me also...
Just out of a nice long hot shower. Gosh that feels nice. Knees a bit tender, upper-inner thighs, hip flexors, and quads really tight. Traps just barely noticeable too. But a little empty after the effort.
JB was real strong out there. I was with him for almost the first 10 miles, and we had a great time on the course. But his pace was pushing my comfort zone a little too much by then, and I encouraged him to move ahead. He did real well, didn't hit The Wall until mile 23.
On my side, because of the lack of training, I had to be real conservative with the HR. No matter, by miles 14-15, HR creep had set-in, my quads were very tight and needed stretching almost every mile, and my calves needed stretching every couple of miles. And the wind was really brutal blowing S-to-N, which included much of miles 10-18, and miles 23-26.
I took it a mile at a time, and worked as hard as I could. By far my slowest marathon ever at around 5:09 (haven't seen the official results yet), but I still had to resort to a heavy dose of mental fortitude to supplement what little training I had done in order to finish. But now it's done, JB is no longer a virgin, I've got #9, and everybody had a really fun time because overall, this is a really fun course. BTW, I haven't seen JB's time either, but it looks like he came in about 10-15 minutes before I did. He did a great job.
And I cannot forget the outstanding work of our support team, Mrs. JB and Mrs. Mountmars, who drove, ran, carried, and cheered on the outside of the entire course trying to hook up with us at agreed upon mile-marker to help us re-supply. They looked like a team from The Amazing Race running in and out of destinations.
That's it for now. I'll drop by again this week with more energy...
Mars
