What a wonderful weekend! I was able to chalk up my 3rd marathon win this year and a new personal best for 2013. It was all the more fun to be able to experience that with family and friends. Where to start the recap? Perhaps with, well, the race? Okay, because you asked so nicely…
There will be a long post in the next couple of days… but until then…a few pictures and results 🙂 Team Nichole showed up in full force, including my parents! My brother and husband also did the marathon (their first!). I finished in 2:50 something. Good enough to win the race, but I really would…
Meet Matt. 2:43 marathoner at Chicago this fall. I can’t imagine how long the race would have felt without him for the first 1:45. Matt and I taking a turn together early in the race. My mistake early on was trying to take these corners tight and fast (vs. not caring and running out in…
I’ll try to keep this short and sweet – mostly to capture some details on the race – and more so so I can move on & start thinking/planning for what’s next (since I can’t blog about what’s next until I’ve recapped – seems like a good rule). As you know, this was not a…
This is what happens when your legs aren’t ready. Perhaps my worst race in more than 3 years. I have never hurt so early in a marathon; at 16 miles I went up a slight incline and realized that my legs were already feeling very shredded. Oh, no…. The last 6 or so miles were…
*This is part 3 of my recap of the Olympic Trials weekend: As I scurried to the start line I looked around for and soon found Kristen Carter. We had met each other in the massage room the day before and found that we both wanted to start at 6:20 pace. We were lined up…