King of PhotoShop
A great result. People just joining up here should have the perspective of seeing your years of building endurance and speed, because results like this take a long time of hard work and disclipine. While I applaud this outstanding performance, i don't see it in any way as a zenith. You can do sub-3:20 now. Minutes in the marathon, once you have a breakthrough, drop in clumps. Congrats to you on this big, big effort. Spareribs
Freaking Sweet!! Love love love the pictures and a PR to boot!
SteveP
aka FlyingFinn
Very very nice! Congratulations on a great effort and your PR.
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Congratulations! Excellent running.
Although I've never been to Richmond, there is so much detail about the marathon experience that seems so familiar in this report, and I don't know how you had the energy to write it up, but it was such a pleasure to read! My favorite line is " I feel like they are some sort of heavy robotic appendages and I’m not entirely in control."
What a great day as it all came together for you and all that hard work and taper craziness paid off!
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Bad faerie
Tramps, I am *delighted*
Thanks for the entertaining report, and congratulations on a hard-earned, well-deserved PR.
Blogjoy
You can do sub-3:20 now.
I agree.
Nice running!
MM #6177
I'm just getting to this report now, having been away for a few days, so I missed the pre-race reporting... most excellent racing, Tramps, congrats to you!!
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Congrats Tramps - greta race and race report
marj
Maniac 505
You did good! We knew that you would
There are so many parts of this report that I really like: the mental preparation, the being present through the whole race, the way you used a younger chick to keep you focused , the way you embraced the pain as you pushed to the end. Way to show us all how a perfectly executed training and racing is done. I have enjoyed seeing you train for this marathon and I was expecting great result from it. Congrats, and like the Wiseone said...you have a sub 3:20 in you!
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TRAMPS!!! Fantastic and not a surprise at all. Your awesome training paces and fast finish Long Runs sure had me convinced. now you confirmed it!! I noticed the great form in all the pictures even at the finish! Congratulations on a well deserved PR!!
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Tramps...LOVED your report! Such an inspiring PR! Now I want to hear a gospel choir at the end of my next race...
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Hi Tramps,
I can appreciate the effort it took to stay on pace and finish strong. But you were clearly mentally and physically prepared, and got the job done with time to spare. Thank you for both the PRR and RR, and congrats on your well-earned PR!
Jay
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