Distance: 10 miles
Time: 2:02:13
Pace: 12:13 min/mile
Avg Heart Rate: 175
Max Heart Rate: 192
Location: Memorial Park - Galleria - River Oaks - Memorial Drive

- This was not a fun run. Well, the first hour was great….wonderful, in fact. My legs felt super light, my breathing steady. “Hey - this might be an easy run after all,” I told myself. Ha.

- At the 90 minute mark, I was dying. The arch in my right foot was killing me. And, I had tied my left shoe too tight so the “mouth” of the shoe was pressing tightly against my now swollen feet, causing quite a bit of pain. I tried ignoring it - and the two blisters forming on my right arch and left toe - but eventually had to stop to adjust the shoe.

- Today’s run was so difficult that I seriously started doubting whether I’d be able to run the full Marathon. I started contemplating how I could switch to the Half Marathon….I’d change my Marathon registration, switch to a new running schedule, come up with a good explanation to tell people…..but by the time I had mapped these out in my head, I was within sight of the finish and suddenly felt a surge of energy.

- There’s nothing wrong with the Half Marathon - but for me, running the 26.2 miles is a personal challenge I really need to put myself through. It goes to show that the training runs during the week are really important for me, both physically and psychologically.

- I am a new fan of Amino Vital. Even though it tastes like ass.