One more marathon down.
The plus side is that I survived and finished the marathon in 3:55. The minus is that it's a Monday, after a Sunday marathon (and 7+ hr drive home), I'm at work, and it's sunny outside.
My right foot actually cooperated fairly well and it's my left foot that really hurts today along with my knees that feel geriatric. All things considered, I'm feeling pretty good for post marathon soreness.
A few things that didn't go right: Saturday, after picking up our race packets, we headed to a local bistro that not only had some of the sloooowest service ever (1 server and 1 cook for this little place with 12 or so tables), but was out of half the things our group wanted to order. Afterward, we picked up coffee, walked around a few little shops (while the man friend had a beer and played pool with the locals at the nearby tavern), and headed back to the cabin to lounge on the couch and watch March Madness.
Then for dinner we headed to a place that was supposed to be good (but wasn't) and was also out of everything. So just when I was needing and craving a huge dish of pasta with chicken, sorry they're out. After eating a 9pm dinner of a crab cobb salad that was mediocre at best, we came back to the house and I grabbed a piece of wheat bread to "carb load." Yeah, not my ideal, but I guess it sufficed. It rained all day Sat, but I didn't mind because it cleared the air for Sunday's PERFECT race conditions (40s, sunny, blue skies).
As for the race report and a few pics...stay posted.
My right foot actually cooperated fairly well and it's my left foot that really hurts today along with my knees that feel geriatric. All things considered, I'm feeling pretty good for post marathon soreness.
A few things that didn't go right: Saturday, after picking up our race packets, we headed to a local bistro that not only had some of the sloooowest service ever (1 server and 1 cook for this little place with 12 or so tables), but was out of half the things our group wanted to order. Afterward, we picked up coffee, walked around a few little shops (while the man friend had a beer and played pool with the locals at the nearby tavern), and headed back to the cabin to lounge on the couch and watch March Madness.
Then for dinner we headed to a place that was supposed to be good (but wasn't) and was also out of everything. So just when I was needing and craving a huge dish of pasta with chicken, sorry they're out. After eating a 9pm dinner of a crab cobb salad that was mediocre at best, we came back to the house and I grabbed a piece of wheat bread to "carb load." Yeah, not my ideal, but I guess it sufficed. It rained all day Sat, but I didn't mind because it cleared the air for Sunday's PERFECT race conditions (40s, sunny, blue skies).
As for the race report and a few pics...stay posted.
Comments
That sucks about not being able to carb load before the race!!
And no walking!? I'm officially more impressed than I was before (which was, in fact, a lot).