Marathon Photos

Photos can be seen by going to http://www.marathonfoto.com and look up by event (chicago marathon) last name (martin) and bib number (22887)

Relapse

Man was my leg hurting yesterday. I was out at dinner and on the way back to the car it just hurt. Basically, it was relieved by taking my weight off of it so I got home and sat down immediately. I'm really not ready to tackle running again just yet. I will probably wait until next weekend before I even try to run.

Soreness gone

Finally the soreness is gone. I even feel like running again. I won't actually do any running until next week though. Yesterday, I was still having an issue with my foot but that seems to be better now.

0:15:09 per mile

It was such a great day for a run. I finished my 3rd marathon. It wasn't what I expected. Overall I'm pleased with being able to finish. Based on my overall time, it appears I could have started even slower than I did. That's always the challenge to slow down in the beginning when you feel like you could run forever at that pace.

It was great having my family out there again. Janelle walked with me for a little while after mile 21.

My stomach starting hurting somewhere after mile 18. It is still hurting the next day. I'm not sure why.

I don't think I'll do anymore post race massages. Everyone else seemed to enjoy it but it hurt to me.

I need to be able to figure out in the first quarter of a run if I should adjust my pace, so that I don't find that I overdid it early on.

I also hope to lose at least 15 pounds before the next one.