"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."
Maniac 505
Just the facts: Chip time: 4:53:03 554/776 females 75/107 F40-44 A spectator said there was only 400 meters left. I wasn’t sure if I could believe him and I was afraid, really afraid to look up and not see the finish line. I thought the finish would be inside Autzen stadium and we were running towards the parking lot. But I finally got the courage to look and I saw it. I smiled for the cameras, forgot to turn off my Garmin and started sobbing uncontrollably. It was more a feeling of release, or relief, after a long torturous ordeal than a feeling of accomplishment. Well it was both, but it was hard to separate out the “joy of the accomplishment” that included all of the previous 4 months of training that brought me to this point, from just plain “relief” that the struggle was finally over. It took me awhile to stop sobbing and I was thankful for the sunglasses.
"Champions are everywhere; all you need is to train them properly..." ~Arthur Lydiard
Half Fanatic #36
MM #405
MM#209 / JapanJoyful#803
To be honest, I’m not sure how much better I would have fared even if I hadn’t been sick the week before this marathon.
"Enjoy yourself. Your younger days never come again." 100yo T. Igarashi to me in geta at top of Mt. Fuji (8/2/87)
The Jogger
Chumbawamba: I get knocked down But I get up again You're never going to keep me down