marathon #2: success!
Photos to come when I get home on the big computer,
but here's a quick post to say that the Chicago Marathon went well and was a blast.
That city sure knows how to throw a party!
Number of runners: 45,000
Number of spectators: 1,500,000 (!)
Number of runners in the 5:15 pacer bunny group: 20 or so
It was such a different race from last year's Seattle Marathon.
Okay, first off, it was flat flat flat, so I never really 'hit the wall'
like I did at mile 20 (where the hills began!) in Seattle.
I basically tucked in to the back right of the pack behind our pacer bunny
(Pacer Paul, wherever you are, I LOVE YOU) and just hit cruise.
A very nice feeling.
Steady and even the whole way, I finished strong with Ellie from Talahassee, Florida - 3 months pregnant and doing great. We even got a bit ahead of the pacers, to finish in 5:14:25.
So thanks to all of you for putting up with all the running-related posts.
Not that this will be the last of them. After a week or so of resting up,
I'm sure I'll be plotting where to run my next marathon!
akabini
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Congrats on having such a great race! It must have been good if you're thinking of another already. As I recall it took a few weeks after the last one.
Ah yes. Not sure what I'm going to do when the time comes to do a hilly marathon - might do prague next year. Gods willing, I'll be doing the Hague half marathon and then the Leiden full marathon in March and May respectively. Both quite flat (like most of the Netherlands!). Let me know if you want to come over. (IIRC, you have family the next country over, if you want to combine.)
Well done. A Personal Best is what to look for. Come east and do the Marine Corps in DC. They treat you wonderfully.