Finally got the Garmin to connect
Alright, so you can look and see how I did, you can tell by my pace where the cold hit me, where my friend found me and pushed me along and where I couldn’t keep up with her anymore. I actually was on pace through mile 14, then I lost it.
It hurt so much, mentally, when I realized I was not going to make it. I really did feel like quitting, forget the physical pain. Which I’m in a bit more than I’m accustomed to the day after a race. I believe that’s an artifact of my illness.
Meanwhile, I was thinking a great bit of swag for a cold-weather, that is a Autumn-Spring race would be some manner of lip balm. My lips were already a little chapped on Sunday morning, but now they are in full-blown crisis mode. They hurt so bad and are so cracked they’re actually bleeding in some minor places. Lip balm would have been a godsend. Luckily, I got some and have been using it liberally.
So here’s the weird thing, this is my second-fastest marathon ever. This is a PR for having a cold. I can’t be too upset with my performance. If I could run this well with a cold, then I could have been doing this pace all along, I have to imagine. I beat last year’s Philly time by almost 10 minutes. That was my PR race up until Hartford last month! So I’ve definitely turned a corner, flipped some sort of switch with running. There is no denying that.
So from here, it’s start to train for Roxbury, focus on the Holiday Streaking Challenge and then start to think about 2016!
Maybe I will give you guys a review of my Amtrak Acela experience when I get home. This country really needs to invest in some rail infrastructure. But if not I will check in with you all tomorrow, until then, have fun, keep running and remember, if Gil can run, then so can you!
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