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my 1st, Richmond Marathon

posted by galahadsmom on 4:36 pm

on topic of NRoLW--- now that I have my marathon under my belt, will switch my training to doing more NROLW... I haven't been in the gym in almost 3 weeks! Going to pick back up with the start of stage 5 where I left off
------any how, here is my report on my marathon

so, just got back from my 1st full marathon. I did the Richmond one. It was so awesome. They did split times that could be emailed or texted to friends family. Mine were the 1/2 marathon mark 2:39:58, 20 mile mark 4:07:12, and 26.2 finish at 5:26:12.

Beautiful course, not hilly at all (certainly not compared to where I usually run, I barely noticed the hills), lots of people out cheering, plenty of portopots -- always an issue for me, so I notice!-- they were every even mile until #20, then every mile till the end. They handed out water & blue Powerade at every other mile, junk food stops were muffins at mile 16, and gummy bears at mile 19... wet wash cloths supposedly at mile 16 but I didn't see them... and wet wash cloths which were cold and juicy but not too juicy at mile 19; and live music (or a dj) at each mile mark too.

Unofficially there were lots of people in the crowd handing out orange slices, cereal squares and even beer!

It was great, I ran the whole way -- except for walking to drink and a few bathroom stops. Never felt like I "hit the wall". It was amazing, I am so proud of myself and just really happy.

I had thought I would run in about 6hrs or 6.5, so when I finished and realized I was just under 5.5, I was STUNNED!!!

Rachel