I did it!

Today I ran and finished the Rock ‘N’ Roll Marathon. I knew in my heart that by training for it, I could run a marathon, but I proved it to myself (and to my family). Luckily I had my whole family cheering me on. I managed to do, what I consider, a reasonable time of 4:14:54, but my goal was to just finish.

There were times on the course where I was hurting pretty bad, but I just kept telling myself I had to finish. My Garmin Forerunner 305 kept me up-to-date and performed flawlessly, unlike one of the guys next to me at the starting line that was quite annoyed when his unit didn’t turn on. I slowed down considerably in the last half of the race, but finished with a pace of about what I normally did on long runs. All the gory details are over on MotionBased, but please don’t laugh! I managed to cross the finish line on my own power and wasn’t carted off in an ambulance. Overall, it was a good day. I’m sure I’ll be hurting for a few more days. I think the jury is still out on if I’m going to put myself through this torture next year.