so today i ran my second marathon. not gonna lie, this one was a lot harder than my last even though it was on the same course. simply put i spent way too much time on my bicycle this summer and not enough time running. then about a month out from the race i started having ridiculous leg pain when i ran. i could hardly even complete a single mile. i ordered up some new shoes and it took care of the problem, except for the part were i was sicker than a dog right up till race day. so i hardly even ran in the month leading up to the race.
the race came, and went. the weather was beautiful, and i flew threw the first ten miles. i felt wonderful, at mile 13. my left knee started to hurt so bad i wanted to cry, but i pushed through. i was on pace for a 3:45 marathon at mile 20. then i completely hit the wall. i struggled through the last 6.2 miles, but was still able to finish with 3:54.58, or roughly about 18 min faster than last years race. so for being ill prepared, i think i did pretty dam well.
high lights included Mara Larson from the mountain bike patrol telling me that she was feeling better than i would tomorrow. and Dave Brunning my BCR teammate have a icy cold PBR for me at just before the 26th mile. i crossed the line pounding a beer. fuck yea.
any way results can be found here you'll want to enter my first name, last name and bib number. ie. tim werts 2210 in the corresponding spots.
nice work dude!
ReplyDeleteShould have arranged for a photographer to snap the beer chug across the line. Next year!