Marathon Done

I’ll write about it at length later and post pictures, but I finished the race today.  I don’t think I’ve ever had such an emotional rollercoaster in my life.  I know I should not be disappointed because it was my first marathon, but I can’t help it.  The results are “unofficial” right now but my time was 4:29:31…not even close to the sub-four I trained for.

It didn’t rain a bit despite the 100% precipitation predication.  However, the temperatures hit the seventies according to my sister (and the sweat rolling down my face) and it was crazy humid.  That is not a good thing for a marathon (ideal temps are ~50 degrees).  That is especially not a good thing when you are wearing long pants and a warm T-shirt because it was supposed to be 60-ish and pouring.  Sigh.