Epilog

Boy are my dogs tired...

For medicinal purposes

Did better than I expected, but not a PB.  I guess I should be happy to finish with a sub 2:30 time, but, if I had just gotten off my butt and done more training, I could have improved my time.  Hell, I am glad again to have participated and completed the run.  I won't bore you with the mile by mile details.  It did rain, but was more of a drizzle/mist at the start.  Around mile 9 is when the skys opened up, but we were too far gone to care.  The race organizers had stated that if there was a lightning strike within a 10 mile radius, they would halt the run, but that did not happen.  It was much warmer than last year with the temps in the 60s at starting time.  

Hurting like hell, but I am doing ok.  I kinda screwed myself over by starting out too fast.  I jack rabbited out of the start and was doing a 9 minute pace over the first 3 miles.  That turned out to be a mistake.  By mile 5 my knees were hurting and calfs cramping.  Wound up walking more of the race than I care to do, but I did hold it to a 11:11 mile pace through the end.  The last 1/2 mile was a stretch.  I pushed on through determined not to walk across the finish line and my left quad was cramping like no tomorrow.  Race times and stats are already posted on the web.  Pictures should be up by next week.  

About half the field was in front or behind me...

Terri liked one of the shirts I spotted at the expo.  A lot express a certain attitude and I thought I would share a few more.  Not sure if I would wear one...