I feel...

I woke up this morning with a text message from Molly Steen, my older sister. "How do you feel?" I honestly started to write a whole slew of tired, cramped adjectives. I feel like a ran a marathon and then I cleared the screen to send... and ... to clear the screen for all of you.

I feel accomplished!

I took the day off from work to rest my muscles. I ventured out with my buddy Scott Rutkowski for a quick fun errand. I had my medal engraved with my Time 3:55:14 and Place 14396 at Things Remembered. The first question that the sales woman asked was, How much is this worth? I responded with 6 months of training and a $200 entry fee so it's priceless. That wasn't the correct answer so I called my coach because that's what I've done for all tough marathon questions in the last few months. We talked about my tired muscles and my knee that feels like it will never recover. Rick said, that my knee injury is a natural and usual Boston Marathon injury because of all the downhills late in the course. He also mentioned that if anything happens to my medal as it's being engraved, he'll speak with Dave McGillivray to get a replacement!

My medal is fine and I was able to wear it around for the rest of the day!

One quick message, before I fully blog about my amazing marathon experience. I feel after a whole day of rest that my muscles will never recover. I still cannot walk comfortably... that's not whining - it's just concern!


Ohh and I'm fasinated by this - my progression from my iPod. The pod displays my speed at the mile mark moment, so I definitely walked and did not shut it off, but I only did that twice when it hit a mile mark. The walking pace is captured in my overall change of pace, but the few steps of walking averaged into my incredible speed during the running. Incredible is a exaggeration that I believe I am allowed to use.

My calibration to my iPod is off my .01 per quarter mile, which adds up to 1.04 for the marathon. That helps to explain the difference listed on iPod vs. the 26.2, but also shows my ridiculous loss in energy and added mileage when I ran to greet friends! Thanks for coming out!



Hooray Marathons!