Part 2 of my MCM experience

I'm sorry for the wait! Coming home to Halloween was a good move, lots of walking and lots of candy!  First the picture version:

metros were PACKED!

great view on our one mile + walk to the starting area

around mile 22ish? Thanks Nicole!

another shot with a smile here by Nicole :)

never thought I'd make it! :) haha

SWEET VICTORY LIES AHEAD!

finished!!

super cute shirts my sister made

Bill who was at 18,22 and the finish, great spots!!

pretty cool map of all where we ran

So to recap, miles 1-10 were pretty brutal with crowds and I was in a very negative state of mind. I ran 1-5 with my sister but when she started weaving, I didn't have the energy to follow anymore. One day we'll finish a sub 4 marathon together. Mile 11 my buddy Nicole who lives down there joined me and ran with me until mile 24!  Mile 12 they gave out Clif gels - and my plan was the snickers and milky ways but I wasn't feeling them so luckily, Nicole grabbed me some gels! chocolate flavor too. I was digging them at the time and they were delicious! I had a snickers at mile 7, chocolate gel at 12, another gel around 18, some beans and clif bloks from there to the finish and a chocolate munchkin at mile 24 :)   There was a hill to the finish and at that point I was laughing picturing what I looked like. I wish I had a video of that. It was hilarious!

I loved all the stuff they were handing out, and the only thing I'd ask for is more water stops!  So here were my splits:

I'm not sure why I'm running like garbage right now, I do have an announcement that another baby is on the way, but seriously, these paces are ridiculous regardless.  I wasn't looking at my watch and didn't really care at the time but it makes me mad looking at this now (and kind of not care).  I had way too much going on leading up to this which made my training stink. First I found out I was pregnant in August. My running took a toll for the worse pretty quickly because I was out of breath. Then our house sold so the whole moving process drained me for sure. And overall just attempting to train with the 2 kids - I wasn't into it. So here is marathon #6 in the books under 5 hours at 4:56 and my worst marathon time ever.  My sister ran a 4:09 which would have been a PR for me too, so I'm bummed that I wasn't in shape to run that 4:09 with her.  It was a good time (not clock time) and I'm glad I finished it and someday I will run a marathon under 4 hours. Probably not for another 12 years or so.

I did sign up for the Philly full marathon back in the spring when it opened and they were running a deal, so there's a chance I may run another 5 hour marathon. I do think it's cool how much ground you cover and maybe I'm just not a real marathoner that PRs, just a leisurely one that can run for 5 hours just to get it done and enjoy the weather and sites. We'll make this one a game time decision. I can't believe I am even considering it!


HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

piglet and sir topem hat