Saturday, April 18th I ran the 6th Salt Lake City Marathon. I ran by myself because Vijay has a stress fracture in his hip. The weather was perfect. Not cold, not hot, with a slight breeze near noon. I met some great folks along the route as our group leapfrogged each other along the way. I met three people from Germany, a gal from Los Angeles and a few others. I finished the first half in 2:15, my second fastest 1/2 marathon time ever, including 1/2 marathon races. Almost from the beginning my hip flexors were tight and they continued to worsen the further I ran. I stuck to my plan to only walk through the aid stations, but during the last mile I walked two extra times for a hundred yards or so each time. At first I thought I could finish with a PR, but as time went on I knew that wasn't going to happen. Later I thought I could PR for this course and then finally I felt I'd be doing great to finish upright. I finally finished in 5:03. My Abbe was waiting near the finish line with our daughter, Ellie. Ellie snuck through the fence and dragged me over the finish line. Vijay had been taking pictures of me every couple of miles since the 1/2 way point and was also at the finish line. Like every marathon I've run that emotional high accompanied me across the finish line. This time my quads and hip flexors were really sore for a few days and my quads are still a bit tender. Abbe and I celebrated Saturday evening with burgers and fries at Five Guys. It was good and worth it!!
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Saturday, April 18th I ran the 6th Salt Lake City Marathon. I ran by myself because Vijay has a stress fracture in his hip. The weather was perfect. Not cold, not hot, with a slight breeze near noon. I met some great folks along the route as our group leapfrogged each other along the way. I met three people from Germany, a gal from Los Angeles and a few others. I finished the first half in 2:15, my second fastest 1/2 marathon time ever, including 1/2 marathon races. Almost from the beginning my hip flexors were tight and they continued to worsen the further I ran. I stuck to my plan to only walk through the aid stations, but during the last mile I walked two extra times for a hundred yards or so each time. At first I thought I could finish with a PR, but as time went on I knew that wasn't going to happen. Later I thought I could PR for this course and then finally I felt I'd be doing great to finish upright. I finally finished in 5:03. My Abbe was waiting near the finish line with our daughter, Ellie. Ellie snuck through the fence and dragged me over the finish line. Vijay had been taking pictures of me every couple of miles since the 1/2 way point and was also at the finish line. Like every marathon I've run that emotional high accompanied me across the finish line. This time my quads and hip flexors were really sore for a few days and my quads are still a bit tender. Abbe and I celebrated Saturday evening with burgers and fries at Five Guys. It was good and worth it!!
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Last night it snowed in Salt Lake City. Fortunately, it was my favorite kind of snow-doesn't stick to the streets or sidewalk. Kind of disconcerting with the Salt Lake City Marathon is in less than 48 hours. My buddy, Vijay won't be able to run because he was diagnosed with a stress fracture in his hip. He was going to switch to the 5k, but his wife strongly counseled him against that too. So, he's going to try and get some pictures of me along the route. We both went to the expo for the race this evening. I was dismayed that the expo seems to be getting smaller every year. In the picture above, taken at the Salt Lake Half Marathon 2008. Vijay is in the middle and the third muskateer is Scott.
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