Hill Runner
Upcoming Races:
Boston Marathon, Boston,MA 04/15/13Grandfather Mountain Marathon,Boone NC 07/14/13Thunder Road Marathon, Charlotte NC 11/13
"During a marathon, I run about two-thirds of the time. That's plenty." - Margaret Davis, 85 Ed Whitlock regarding his 2:54:48 marathon at age 73, "That was a good day. It was never a struggle."
Half Fanatic #36
"Champions are everywhere; all you need is to train them properly..." ~Arthur Lydiard
i'm lovin' it... MM#1949
Perch's Profile "I don't know if running adds years to your life, but it definitely adds life to your years." - Jim Fixx "The secret is to make in your mind possible what was not possible before. The secret is to make easy what was difficult, instead to make difficult what really is easy." - Coach Renato Canova
Thanks Bob and everyone else. Erika's ok. Just very very stoopid. Realized about mile 3 that I'd forgotten my chip. Can you believe that?? What a noob mistake. I was so upset. Called DH crying and blubbering about it. He told me to shut up and run, I was there on the course, volunteers had water and powerade (and bananas and chocolate) so I could treat it as a supported long run. So... I did. And it was actually a good race, just no official time. But I got my medal, and a doozy of a blister on the ball of my right foot. DH met me at the finish with my chip and a lot of haggling with officials they agreed to take it and swipe it across the finish line so I can at least be an official "finisher." I guess I'll work on a full RR later.... Meeting Breger and his DW was great. Truly a highlight of the whole week.
Maniac 505