Well, well, well  so you all conspired to PR a lot, and in not small ways; 3 minutes, 6 minutes, over an hour,  etc.  killing it (I'm looking at you EGH3) Joe. spcurcio, xhristopher, and mikeymike, even Thunder had a good race!  Slimbo was running well, Daddyo in a great comeback event.

 

but I will have to break the PotatoHead rules (like the Ciderhouse rules, sometimes are meant to be broken)  and give this weeks award to that international running star: Ben Schneider!!   Congratulations, you continue to awe and inspire us!

That's damn right.  Good call. 

Potatohead rules were meant to be broken, especially when  guy breaks a 3 year old PR that was pretty ballsy to begin with.

Great call Ilene. Very nicely done Ben.

Well, well, well  so you all conspired to PR a lot, and in not small ways; 3 minutes, 6 minutes, over an hour,  etc.  killing it (I'm looking at you EGH3) Joe. spcurcio, xhristopher, and mikeymike, even Thunder had a good race!  Slimbo was running well, Daddyo in a great comeback event.

 

but I will have to break the PotatoHead rules (like the Ciderhouse rules, sometimes are meant to be broken)  and give this weeks award to that international running star: Ben Schneider!!   Congratulations, you continue to awe and inspire us!

^^This^^

A lot of great races this weekend, but anyone else getting the  would have been a sin.  Congrats Ben!  

Was jetzt hündin?

Awesome   Thanks everyone!

When I ran my former PR, I was still on that fun steep section of the improvement curve.  Over the last few years, I've learned to appreciate how many factors need to come together for a marathon PR when that curve starts flattening out.  Though I'll admit I was a bit down on myself during the race when the early 5:30/mi pace slipped to closer to 5:40/mi, seeing 2:26 on the clock after passing through the Brandenburg gate was amazing... even if it was a bit fuzzy, as I think I may have blacked out before finishing a 26.3mi race

Thanks again for all the encouragement!

What Ben failed to mention in his race report was that the day before the race at the most unorganized expo known to man we were forced to eat tofu & pineapple sandwiches with carbonated water. "Still" water is hard to come by which we had not yet learned. Ben then proceded to have an allergic reaction to the tofu sandwich and was sick for the rest of the day. Apparently, that is the key to PRing. If only I was allergic to tofu sandwiches as well.

 

Was jetzt hündin? Indeed.

Heh.  Yes, Candice probably deserves the  for putting up with a very crabby husband the day before the race.  I think my favorite part of Saturday was trying not to vomit while wandering the streets of Berlin searching (unsuccessfully) for some race morning bagels.  Good times.