I'm off at the crack of down to pound out 26.2 miles around the great city of Houston! This will be my 5th time to run the Houston Marathon, and hopefully I will log my 4th finish this year. You can sign-up for runner alerts if you know my first and last name and want to track my progress and make sure I don't die.
In 2007, I finished the marathon with a new PR (personal record) and my first sub-5 hour marathon! I didn't get sick and finished in 4:49, feeling great! It was almost 30 minutes better than my chip time of 5:18 in 2006. And when I gave up at mile 13 in 2005, after having already thrown up a few times!
The first year I actually ran the Houston Marathon in 2004, I finished in 5;08 and ran the whole way with my favorite running buddy, my step-mom Brenda.
My first marathon was in February of 2003- just after my graduation. I ran the Austin Marathon, back when it was called the Motorola Marathon. My mom drove up to be my support crew and carried me home from the finish line after 5 hours and 45 minutes of agony and puking.
GOOD NEWS OF THE DAY: My husband has taken over the duties of road crew and will be providing me with mini-Oreo's & peanut M&M's every few miles.
2 comments:
GL tomorrow! I will be cheering you on from home. :)
I don't know how you do it...I would love to run but just can't manage to do it.
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