Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Marathon Success

Well I did it...I ran my marathon. It wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it would be either. My best case scenario was under 4 hours, but I figured I would be very satisfied if I came in under 4:15:00. I hit the halfway point right at 2 hours, then picked up my pace a little and felt great until about mile 23. From there to 25 felt like eternity, and my legs were feeling it, but my pace really didn't suffer too much. The last mile went by quick and my official chip time ended up being 3:56:01. I came in 20th out of 48 in my age group, and 294th out of all 800 something full marathoners.
As you can see, my Garmin was very close to the chip time, but it does read a little longer than 26.2. I was prepared for this though because I had read previously that Garmin GPS watches will read a little long at the end of races because no one runs perfect tangents.

I've run a few times since returning home. The first 2 days were kind of like torture, but I've been feeling a little more normal on the past 2 runs. I'm not completely sure where I'll go from here, but I do know that I want to keep running on a regular basis and eating fairly healthy. I'm thinking about the Furman Green Valley 10 mile as my next race (in February). And maybe if I can keep my miles up I will think about doing the Spinx Marathon this year since it is right in my backyard.

Other than that I'm out for Christmas break, and it's been very relaxing. At times I feel nervous because I feel like I should be doing something. It doesn't take long for the feeling to pass. Next up I'll be taking my NCLEX-PN exam. I just got my authorization to test in my inbox today, so now I just need to find a testing center and a date to take it! Who knows, maybe next time I post I will be a bona fide nurse...we can only hope

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